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!
Strawberry Honey Butter
Increasing the nutritional value of butter with strawberries!
Strawberry Vinaigrette Salad Dressing
This gorgeous strawberry vinaigrette is easy to whip up in a blender and will transform any bitter salad leaf into a meal!
Tropical Strawberry Feta & Phyllo Baskets
The strawberries and feta are natural partners and the phyllo baskets make for a whimsical presentation. Absolutely lovely to look at and delicious to eat!
Strawberry Galette with Basil Cream
The perfect dessert to for a spring long weekend!
Mexican Style Strawberry Tomato Salsa
A fruity salsa that was just made for summer dipping!
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!