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Cranberries: Miscellaneous
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Buy bagged whole cranberries when they are plentiful, and keep them in your freezer to use year-round. At other times of the year, it is more difficult to find whole cranberries in the supermarket.
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Here the tart cranberries are balanced with the sweetness of caramelized onions, sweet winter squash, and currants. Top this beautiful dish with toasted nuts for special occasions. Try serving this with braised winter greens and warm country cornbread. This dish is pictured on the front cover of this issue.
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The rich red color of cranberries comes from numerous chemicals of the phenolic super-family. A major subgroup of phenolics is the flavonoids that are densely populated in cranberries. One flavonoid class in particular — the anthocyanins — accounts for most of the red pigmentation of cranberries. In addition to anthocyanins, flavonols, ellagic acid, rosmarinic acid, hippuric acid, quercetin, chlorogenic acid, peonidin 3-galactoside, cyanidin 3-galactoside, and cyanidin 3-galactoside are ... present in cranberries.
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Only top-grade cranberries are selected to be frozen into their various forms – whole, sliced and chopped. They are easy to use and an excellent choice for direct addition to food products. Perfect for baked goods, preserves, relishes and dairy products, Ocean Spray® Frozen Cranberries retain their unique flavor and nutritional properties.
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In laboratory experiments, Canadian researchers found that isolated compounds in cranberries called flavonoids may inhibit the growth of breast cancer cells, when consumed in sufficient concentrations. These naturally occurring flavonoids may ... help prevent other forms of cancer, including cancers of the prostate, colon, lung and brain.
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Cranberries' proanthocyanidins unique characteristics may translate into a superior ability to prevent cancer. This study showed significant inhibition of cancer cell proliferation, not previously shown with other proanthocyanidins, as well as the blocking of tumor growth.
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