Maine Wild Blueberries - Health Benefits
Wild Blueberries –
Get Your Daily Dose of Blue!
All it takes is a half-cup of wild blueberries to deliciously satisfy one of the recommended “five-a-day” servings of colorful fruits and vegetables. That's a smaller helping than you think. And since wild blueberries are available fresh or frozen year-round, getting your daily dose of blue is easy. “Go WILD” and eat the tiny berries packed with the great big taste and the health-promoting power.

Antioxidants Keep You Healthy
Antioxidants are the "natural zappers" of free radicals-unstable oxygen molecules associated with
cancer, heart disease and the effects of aging. Recent USDA studies measured the antioxidant activity of more than 40 commercially available fruits and vegetables and ranked blueberries #1. Every day, the cells in our body wage a battle against free radicals — unstable oxygen molecules associated with cancer, heart disease and the effects of aging. Antioxidants, natural substances found in wild blueberries and other fruits and vegetables, come to the rescue, neutralizing free radicals and keeping us healthy.
Why Go Wild?
Some of the most powerful antioxidants include phytochemicals such as anthocyanins, which are highly concentrated in the deep-blue pigments of wild blueberries. What's more, wild blueberries contain more anthocyanin and phenolics than their cultivated cousins.

Fresh or Frozen?
The FDA has concluded that frozen fruits and vegetables are just as healthy as fresh and may even retain their nutritional value longer. That's good news for wild blueberry users. No blueberry – indeed no other fruit – freezes more perfectly than the wild blueberry. Harvested in the field at the peak of ripeness, wild blueberries are sorted cleaned and individually quick frozen within hours. From that point on, they become Nature's perfect frozen fruit, retaining all of their health and nutrition benefits along with their great taste.

Recent USDA studies show that wild blueberries are a tasty way to eat right and stay healthy. Scientists ranked wild blueberries #1 in antioxidant activity compared with 40 other commercially available fruits and vegetables. That means a serving of blueberries may have more of the antioxidant power you need to fight aging, cancer, and heart disease.

Fresh, frozen, canned or dried, wild blueberries are number one in antioxidant activity, help fight aging, heart disease, cancer and of course taste just great!
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