Aronia Antioxidants
Aronia (Aronia melanocarpa) originates from the eastern part of North America. Originally, they were eaten by the indigenous people of Potawatomi. They dried and ate the berries through the long and cold winters to strengthen their vitamin levels and their health. However, aronia berries are not actually berries.
Unique product
There is as big a difference between aronia berries, as there are between apples and cars. Our partners, who are both senior researchers and farmers, have gathered some of the wild aronia and rowanberries sorts. They are then aged over 10 years, through 18,000-20,000 crossings to produce the optimal composition of antioxidants.
Research has shown that antioxidants have an anti-inflammatory effect that counteracts the inflammation in the blood vessels, formation of atherosclerosis, and it lowers the blood pressure as the elasticity of the blood vessels increases.
Aronia grows well in Denmark, and it is a very healthy plant that is very resilient against diseases and pests. However, it is crucial for the taste and the strength of the plant that they are plucked at the right time.
This knowledge and insight are something that our partners, through hundreds of thousands of HPLC (High-performance liquid chromatography) analyses, know and understand very well.
Research has shown that antioxidants have an anti-inflammatory effect that counteracts the inflammation in the blood vessels, formation of atherosclerosis, and it lowers the blood pressure as the elasticity of the blood vessels increases.
Aronia grows well in Denmark, and it is a very healthy plant that is very resilient against diseases and pests. However, it is crucial for the taste and the strength of the plant that they are plucked at the right time.
This knowledge and insight are something that our partners, through hundreds of thousands of HPLC (High-performance liquid chromatography) analyses, know and understand very well.
Why do we remove the seeds in the aronia berries?
We do it for two reasons:
- Several sorts of the Rosen family can form hydrogen cyanide (hydrocyanic acid) in their seeds based on the substance amygdalin. Hydrocyanic acid is extremely toxic, which is why the seeds are removed from the press residue before it is processed, very carefully, further in our products. Anything else would be wrong and unethical.
- Furthermore, the aronia berry’s weight is 20-25% seeds that do not have polyphenol, and since the seeds have not been tested for other positive properties, then we consider them as fillings.
