Latest News and Recipes From the Cranberry Institute

Check out the latest cranberry news and  a delicious recipe courtesy of the Cranberry Institute!

A Wonderful Cranberry Recipe!

We’re celebrating #FreshCranFriday with the help of Carlene Thomas, RDN, of Healthfully Ever After – who is creating some unique new dishes with our favorite red berry. Check out her latest recipe Country Cranberry Chili.

Cranberry Health Research Library 

Browse the selections by year to find the most recent publications: http://cranberryinstitute.org/ doclib/doclib_search.cgi

We’re also taking this opportunity to remind you that The Cranberry Institute has an assortment of sharable, cranberry resources that are great year-round.

The newest addition to our library of cranberry information is 4 Seasons, 4 Reasons for Cranberries Year-Round. With tips for each season and delicious recipes for you to try and share, we hope you find it useful in your practice, as well as your kitchen.

And here’s more from The Cranberry Institute’s files: 

All About Cranberries

• Cranberry Mnemonic: “cheat sheet” – a quick and easy reference for all things cranberry
• Why We Choose These Foods: why certain foods make the school lunch menu
• Dried Cranberries: top 10 reasons to eat dried cranberries, and tips for use and recipes
• Health Research Library: a database of more than 500 studies

Resources on Added Sugars

• How to Talk to Consumers About Added Sugars: the result of an expert dietetic panel hosted by Today's Dietitian and The Cranberry Institute
• Added Sugars...with Added Benefits Handout: consumer talking points when discussing added sugars
• Straight Talk Q&A with Julie Miller Jones: FAQs are answered by the world-renowned nutrition expert, Julie Miller Jones, PhD, CNS, LN
• The Added Sugars Fact Sheet: the International Food Information Council (IFIC) Foundation's fact sheet, "Making Sense of Sugars: The Role of Sugars and Added Sugars in Food”

The Latest in Cranberries and Health

Dried Cranberries and Gut Health
Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison discovered that one handful-a-day of sweetened dried cranberries may make a significant change in the gut microbiome. In a recent study in OMICS: A Journal of Integrative Biology, the addition of a typical serving (42 grams; 125 calories) of this tangy fruit resulted in positive changes in the bacterial make-up and proteins present in healthy adults after only two weeks. 

Reference: Bekiares N, Krueger CG, Meudt JJ, Shanmuganayagam D, Reed JD. Effect of Sweetened Dried  Cranberry Consumption on  Urinary Proteome and Fecal  Microbiome in Healthy Human  Subjects.OMICS. 2017 Jun 15. doi: 10.1089/omi.2016.0167. [Epub ahead of print]