Raspberry grows wild in Europe and western Asia and was first introduced into cultivation almost 500 years ago in Europe.
The raw fruit is moderately high in calories: 57 kcal per 100 g for red raspberries and 73 kcal per 100 g for black raspberry. Raspberries are rich in fiber and are a fair to good source of potassium, iron, and bioflavonoids.
The fruit contains 13-38 mg vitamin C per 100 g. Frozen sweetened raspberries contain about 50% more calories and carbohydrates than the raw fresh berries.
Black raspberry seed meal contains significant amount of phenolic content: 41.2 mg of gallic acid equivalents/g of flour. A significant level of total anthocyanins was reported in black raspberry seed flour: 61.3 mg of cyanindin-3-glucpoaise equivalents/1 g of flour.
Nutritional value of raspberry
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