The South African Strawberry Growers’ Association
Choose a Healthy Lifestyle, Pick Strawberries!
The heart-shaped silhouette of the strawberry is the first clue that this fruit is good for you. These potent little packages protect your heart, increase HDL (good) cholesterol, lower your blood pressure, and guard against cancer.
Packed with Goodness
Packed with vitamins, fiber, and particularly high levels of antioxidants known as polyphenols, strawberries are a sodium-free, fat-free, cholesterol-free, low-calorie food. They are among the top 20 fruits in antioxidant capacity and are a good source of manganese and potassium. Just one serving – about eight strawberries – provides more vitamin C than an orange.
Fresh Recipes
Looking for a fun way to expand your culinary skills? Look no further! Strawberries can be used in many different ways and we have just the ideas you’ve been looking for!
Baked Avocado with Strawberry Salsa
These Baked Avocados with Strawberry Salsa would be SO PERFECT for a Spring brunch or party!
Grilled Ham & Cheese with Strawberry-Red-Wine Jam
Melty cheese & smoky ham with terrific strawberry-red-wine jam! Yum!
Blue Cheese Stuffed Strawberries with Balsamic Reduction
Take strawberries to a whole new level of deliciousness with this simple recipe.
Winter Breakfast
Traditional Mexican dish rethink with this delicious combination of flavours!
Cinnamon & Butter Glazed Strawberries
Deliver a delightful surprise with this quick and easy dessert!
Gluten-Free Pecan Nut Flour Muffins with a Strawberry Glaze
Beat the Winter Blues with Baking! Try this easy & delicious muffins!
Did You Know?
This member of the rose family isn’t really a fruit or a berry but the enlarged receptacle of the flower. Choose medium-sized berries that are firm, plump, and deep red; once picked, they don’t ripen further. First cultivated in ancient Rome, strawberries are now the most popular berry fruit in the world. In provincial France, they were regarded as an aphrodisiac. These red gems may be good for your heart in more ways than one.
Nutritional Benefits
Not only are strawberries delicious to eat, but they also come packet with goodness for you and your family. Browse through or Nutritional Benefits blog, and find even more reasons to make strawberries part of your daily intake!