Raspberries

What ?! raspberry is not a berry at all!! Yes, it is an aggregate fruit of numerous drupelets around a central core. This berry got its name from rasp-means a sweet rose coloured fruit in latin and berry-by its shape. There are more than 200 species cultivated. The popularity of the raspberry in food and medical uses continued well into the middle ages when its juice was also used as a red stain in art work.
Raspberries are excellent source of dietary fibers, vitamins C, E and B9 (folic acid) and minerals such as manganese and magnesium also, phytonutrients from the raspberries can be effective in treatment of the high blood pressure and inflammation of the joints. They also act beneficially on the function of liver.
Today Russia is the greatest raspberry producing country.
MAPRO products related to raspberry: None.