Saskatoons!!

Yippee!!



The local Saskatoon Season has now begun!!!

A prairie favourite and a health buff's friend, this indigenous berry is loaded with antioxidants and fiber....lots of fiber...if you know what I mean! This fruit is a member of the rose and apple family and has more to its credit than just a good family name. Saskatoons are fabulous eaten fresh, frozen, in baking, jams, jellies, syrups and preserves. Yummm!!! The season usually lasts from 7-14 days depending on the weather. We will be having pints and quarts and pails of saskatoons in stock starting today. If you would like to reserve multiple 4 litre ice cream pails for your own nefarious plans, just give us a call at the shop

(269-3355) and we can book large orders in.

Please do remember, saskatoons are incredibly high in fibre...feel free to indulge to your heart's content...but be prepared for the next day's results.

Store saskatoons in your refrigerator until ready to eat, up to 4 days. 

Saskatoons are native to the Canadian prairies and pack a nutritional PUNCH!

The Saskatoon has nutritional properties that are significantly higher in protein, fat, fibre, calcium, magnesium, manganese, barium, and aluminum than blueberries. Saskatoon berries are also a source of Vitamin A and Vitamin C.  It is thought that aboriginal peoples flourished on the prairies due to the Saskatoon berries which the gathered, ate fresh in abundance and dried for use throughout the winter.  Saskatoons are the only native prairie food to contain many nutritional elements essential to human survival.  

According to the journal of food science....

Saskatoons appear to be an excellent source of manganese, magnesium, iron, calcium, potassium, copper and carotene. A 100 gram serving of fresh saskatoons will supply 88 mg of calcium or 11% of the Recommended Dietary Allowance. Saskatoons can be considered a better source of calcium than red meats, vegetables and cereals.

Saskatoons are an excellent source of iron! 22.3% of the Recommended Dietary Allowance in a 100 gram serving. (Hope,1965) suggested that saskatoon berries may be a natural source of iron for anemic persons. Saskatoons supply 33.8% of the Recommended Dietary Allowance of manganese and 7% of the Recommended Dietary Allowance of copper.

Recent research indicates saskatoons have very high components of phenolics, flavonols and anthocyanins. Saskatoons are high in sugar, rich in Vitamin C, and also contain more than three times as much iron and copper in the same weight as raisins.