CherryActive Dried Cherries Buy 1 Pack (5 x 65g bags)

Our dried cherries are absolutely gorgeous! They are dried and infused with apple juice to deliver an all natural taste sensation! They are perfect for adding to your morning cereal, eating as a midday snack, or for baking bread, muffins and cakes! You can also add them to salads, stir-fries, yoghurts or other cold sweets!

Our cherries come in packs of 5 x 65g bags, with each half bags providing one of your 5-a-day fruit and veg!

Montmorency cherries have been discovered to be a rich source of potent, natural Antioxidants and Flavonoids.

These compounds can protect the body against degenerative diseases, including cardiovascular disease, brain degeneration and various forms of cancer. They can also have anti-inflammatory properties, improve sleep and have a host of other important benefits on your health.

What antioxidants are in Montmorency cherries?
Anthocyanins – these powerful antioxidant compounds, which give the fruit its bright red hue, are known to have powerful anti-inflammatory qualities as well as help protect the cardiovascular system against a build up of plaque.

Melatonin – this is one of the most potent antioxidants discovered. Melatonin is a powerful anti-cancer agent, has anti-inflammatory properties and also controls daily circadian rhythms, helping improve sleep patterns. Montmorency cherries contain significantly high levels of Melatonin.

Super Oxide Dismutase (SOD) - a powerful enzyme and cellular antioxidant, SOD acts as a super scavenger of superoxide anions by ferreting out and destroying them throughout the body. The human body is often lacking SOD, thus the burden of defence often relies on intake of exogenous dietary antioxidants. Very few natural foods contain SOD.

Proanthocyanins - these are a group of flavonoids, also called condensed tannins, and are known powerful free radical scavengers and antioxidants. In fact, they are the most powerful chain breaking antioxidants known so far. There is a substantial quantity of proanthocyanins in Montmorency cherries.

Flavonoids - For the first time, six major flavonoids in Montmorency cherries were identified by the Brunswick Laboratories. They are chlorogenic acid, neochlorogenic acid, coumaroylquinic acid, rutin-glucoside, rutin and isorhamnetin-3-rutinoside. All these flavonoid compounds are powerful antioxidants.

The 17 compounds in Montmorency cherries that have antioxidant properties are considered, in total, to be superior to the activity of vitamins E and C.

What is the Antioxidant Capacity of Montmorency Cherry Products?
The ORAC (oxygen radical absorption capacity) test accurately quantifies the antioxidant capacities of foods by taking into account the fact that most natural products are a complex mix of phytochemicals of which many are antioxidants. Brunswick Labs is a leader in ORAC testing and has set the standard for the food industry. Nutritionists suggest that people should eat 3,000 to 5,000 ORAC units per day to have an impact on health. Brunswick Laboratories, Wareham, MA, recently conducted extensive nutraceutical evaluations and ORAC testing on Montmorency cherry products. Dr. Boxin Ou, principal research scientist at Brunswick Laboratories and one of the leading scientists in the U.S. on phytochemicals in plant foods, filed these scientific notes on the evaluations.

Montmorency cherry juice concentrate has the highest ORAC values of tested fruits and vegetables. Each Montmorency cherry product registered a high ORAC value. Per 100 grams:

Montmorency cherry juice concentrate has 12,800 ORAC units

Dried Montmorency cherries have 6,800 ORAC units

Other fruits that have been tested range from 700 to 5,700 ORAC units per 100 grams.