Whalen Farms Blueberries
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Affordable, Fresh Blueberries in Shamong, New Jersey

Impress guests to your home with great muffins made with the freshest blueberries from Whalen Farm LLC in Shamong, New Jersey. When creating a dish, you need to have the freshest ingredients and fruits. In a USDA lab at Tufts University in Boston, researchers have found that blueberries rank #1 in antioxidant activity when compared to 40 other fresh fruits and vegetables.

Finding the Best

In the stores, look for fresh berries that are firm, plump, smooth-skinned, with a silver-gray surface bloom. The colors you should always search for are deep purple-blue to a blue-black. Once at home, place the berries in a plastic or zip pouch and store inside the refrigerator set at high relative humidity. Stored in this way, they stay fresh for up to a week.

Blueberry Nutritional Facts

Blueberries help get rid of harmful oxygen-derived, free radicals from the body, thus protecting the body against cancers, aging, degenerative diseases, and infections. These miracle fruits are among the highest anti-oxidant value fruits. The ORAC value of 100 grams fresh blueberry is 5562 TE (Trolex equivalents). Some of the other facts about this great fruit include:

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