Superfood Aronia

Touted as a superfood —and better than other superfoods such as acai berries since they're native to North America—aronia berry aficionados claim that the berries are practically a miracle food helping to diminish one's risk of just about every health problem, from colon cancer to high blood pressure to heart disease, while increasing all of those good buzz-wordy things your body needs, including boosting the immune system and providing anti-oxidants They're marketed as "superberries" and "mega-high in antioxidants." All Aerona products are prepared from aronia berries (chokeberry) commercially grown on our own farm, in a natural and healthy way without the use of pesticides or fertilisers.

Aronia plants are a hardy bush with green leaves that turn deep red in the Autumn, with white blossoms and round black juicy berries. A mature (four year and older) aronia berry plant can produce 6kg berries per plants making it possible to produce more than 20 tons of fresh fruit per Ha. The study samples were fruits of black chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa (Michx.) Elliott) cv. Galicjanka harvested in 2016.

Citation: Kobus Z, Nadulski R, Wilczyński K, Kozak M, Guz T, Rydzak L (2019) Effect of the black chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa (Michx.) Elliott) juice acquisition method on the content of polyphenols and antioxidant activity. The study samples were fruits of black chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa (Michx.) Elliott) cv. Galicjanka. Effect of the black chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa (Michx.) Elliott) juice acquisition method on the content of polyphenols and antioxidant activity.

In Canada, black chokeberry (dried or fresh) is classified as a medicinal ingredient of licensed natural health products (NHPs) requiring pre-marketing authorization from the Natural Health Products Directorate (NHPD) and manufacture in compliance with NHP good manufacturing practices (GMPs). Black chokeberry is one of the most frequently cultivated Aronia species, in addition to red chokeberry (A. arbutifolia; also a native of North America), the tetraploid large-fruited black chokeberry (A. x mitschurinii; developed in Russia), the interspecific hybrid purple chokeberry (A. x prunifolia), and the intergenus hybrids of black chokeberry with whitebeam (Sorbus aria, Rosaceae) = x Sorbaronia dippelii and with American mountain ash (S. americana) = x Sorbaronia sorbifolia.5. The Aronia is a genus of deciduous woody shrubs that harbors a fruit bearing species collectively referred to as chokeberry plants.

Also known as: Aronia, Aronia Berries, Aronia Melanocarpa, Black Chokeberry Fruit. The use of black chokeberry fruits as a source of food colorants has spurred recent research. The small dark berries of the Aronia melanocarpa plant are packed with nutrients and antioxidants, such as vitamin C and anthocyanins, and offer wonderful health benefits for those who want to improve their health through better nutrition.

With science demonstrating significant benefits to health, farmers planting large acreage and the media increasingly boosting its fortunes, it's only a short matter of time before aronia, the North American super berry, leaps to prominence in juices, jams, jellies and many other products. Black chokeberry is adorned with larger leaves, fruits and flowers, and ends the growing season with a more spectacular fall color than the red chokeberry.