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 & Goats Cheese Bruschetta
Strawberries, balsamic, basil, and tangy goat cheese, all this on a lightly toasted baguette.
Strawberry Ice Tea!
Celebrate Spring Day with this Super Delicious Strawberry Ice Tea!
Strawberry Oatmeal Bars
Delicious Hassle-free Health Snack! Bake in 35 minutes!
Strawberry Energy Balls
With dried strawberries, dates, nuts, vanilla extract, coconut and honey.
Host a Strawberries & Cream Party for Wimbledon
Host a Strawberries & Cream Party for Wimbledon Strawberries and cream are essentials to watching any Wimbledon Match! Be sure to stock up on some fresh Strawberries & Cream and show some support to Kevin
A Healthy Frozen Strawberry Yogurt
A Healthy Frozen Strawberry Yogurt Ingredients 4 cups frozen strawberries 1 (5ml) Tablespoons honey 1/2 cup full fat plain yogurt 1 Tablespoon fresh lemon juice Combine all the ingredients in a food processor. Mix for
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!