What are raspberries?
Raspberries, also known as cranberries, are one of the new health-care third-generation fruits. Raspberry fruit tender and juicy, unique flavor, attractive color, especially its unique aroma and unique health effects, has attracted the world's attention, the more in-depth research on it. Raspberries are Rosaceae hanging plants (Rubus spp.), perennial deciduous fruit trees, small shrubs. Raspberry genus has more than 750 species, mainly distributed in the northern hemisphere temperate zone, a few distribution of tropical, subtropical and southern hemisphere. China has about 200 species, and cultivated raspberry varieties introduced by foreign countries. Raspberry can be divided into red berry group, blackberry group, dewberry group and its hybrids. Raspberry fruit for the polymerization of berries tender and juicy, pleasant color, unique flavor, rich in nutrients. "Raspberry fruit sugar content of 5.58-10.67%, similar to apples, pears, oranges, three fruits; acid content of 0.62-2.17%. In addition, it also contains rich vitamin C, B1, B2, B12 and minerals, amino acid content is higher than apples, grapes, and contains anti-aging substances and anticancer substances, especially SOD content is higher than any existing cultivated and wild fruits, in the medicine, make-up, health care has a wide range of uses. Raspberry is not only a fresh fruit, and can be processed into fruit wine, jam, juice, preserves, etc., but also honey plants and medicinal plants, roots, stems and leaves have medicinal properties, with thirst, in addition to phlegm, sweating, blood efficacy, the market has broad prospects for development. Raspberry is native to Europe, Asia, America, distributed in the frigid and temperate countries, large-scale economic cultivation areas mainly in Poland, the former Yugoslavia, Scotland, the former Soviet Union, the United States, Canada and other places. Raspberry in China's Northeast, North China, Northwest and other places are distributed to the most cultivated in Heilongjiang Province. According to Japanese research, raspberry food, especially fresh fruit, is currently the best weight loss food, better than any weight loss drug effects, but also no side effects. In addition to fresh food, raspberries can also be used to processed into a variety of foods, green health food. In the international arena, Europe, North America, the cultivation history of earlier, area and production of higher areas, Russia cultivated raspberries earlier. And the United States, Japan and other consumer countries, every year from Europe, Chile, Canada and other countries a large number of imports. In general, the raspberry will become China's emerging fruit species, the development prospects are very broad.