Blackcurrant in the media

Magazine “Jagodnik”: At the end of June, Polish blackcurrant producers visited the representatives of the International Blackcurrant Association (IBA). 

jagodnik.pl: W końcówce czerwca polskich producentów porzeczek odwiedzili przedstawiciele zarządu International Blackcurrant Association (IBA).  

Blackcurrant paper from the University of Chichester:

“MDPI”: Blackcurrant is rich in anthocyanins that may affect exercise-induced physiological responses. We examined tissue oxygen saturation, muscle activity, cardiovascular responses and femoral artery diameter during a submaximal sustained isometric contraction. In a randomised, double-blind, crossover design, …

Article first published in The Sport and Exercise Scientist, Winter, issue 50.

Published by the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences – www.bases.org.uk

Prof Mark Willems describes why nutritional interventions were undertaken with New Zealand blackcurrant. He expects that the findings on the effectiveness of New Zealand blackcurrant at rest and during diverse exercise modalities will contribute both to the growing interest in applications of functional foods in sport and exercise sciences and the future development of innovative sports nutrition products.

The blackcurrant, a small, tart berry, that when married with sugar can be made into jams, sauces, syrups, fruit drinks, and purple candy, is popular across Europe. But most Americans struggle to describe…

The epidemic of Alzheimer’s takes an enormous toll: as the disease ravages the brain, robbing people of memories and awareness, it disconnects them from those they love. And it’s increasing: the Alzheimer’s Association…

Snell elected IBA president, Michael Barker, Fresh Produce Journal

Si les gelées ont abîmé une grande partie des vignes du département, il en est de même du cassis, fruit emblématique de la région. Principale victime : le Noir de Bourgogne, indispensable à la création de la crème de cassis …

W związku z napływającymi na naszej redakcji zapytaniami od producentów czarnej porzeczki, którzy z uwagi na bardzo niskie ceny uzyskiwane za te owoce zwróciłem się z zapytaniem do Ministerstwa Rolnictwa i Rozwoju Wsi o przedstawienie informacji dotyczące tego sektora produkcji i przewidzianej dla niego pomocy lub…

Blackcurrants may lower diabetes risk: ‘Antioxidants in the fruit affect how the body breaks down carbohydrates and sugars’

Taking a daily dose of blackcurrant extract can help you burn a third more fat while exercising, according to a new scientific study.

The research, conducted by the University of Chichester, West Sussex, is being hailed as a breakthrough…

L’exploitant agricole de Saone et Loire

“Berry Boom Fruchthandel” – RWG Agil Leese

Blackcurrant solutions for dietary stress

A Kiwi-Japanese science team starts to lay the foundation for developing solutions for some of the world’s major health issues!
A new research collaboration between New Zealand and Japan will investigate whether NZ blackcurrant-based foods can improve the ‘management’ of human carbohydrate metabolism….

from www.newfoodmagazine.com,  New Food, Volume 17, Issue 5, 2014

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It’s fairly well established that we eat with our eyes. Before we even attempt to taste food, our brains need the comfort that what is about to be consumed has passed a visual test. As omnivorous creatures, the range of colours which we recognise as attractive is vast. What is regarded as a ‘good’ colour for fruit may not be a good colour for meat or fish, but we have learned by association to edit incoming visual data…

Attempt to sabotage global blackcurrant crop statistics backfires

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from www.rsc.org/foodfunction (Food Funct., 2012, 3, 795)

In addition to its anecdotal use in traditional herbal medicine, modern laboratories have demonstrated the potent anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and antimicrobial effects of blackcurrant constituents on a myriad of disease states…

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from  Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com)

Black currant fruits containing high amounts of anthocyanins are known to possess potent antioxidant and antiinflammatory properties. We have previously reported that anthocyanin-rich black currant skin extract (BCSE) inhibits diethylnitrosamine (DENA)-initiated hepatocarcinogenesis in rats although the underlying mechanisms are not fully understood. Our present study investigates…

NPC, Natural Product Communications, 2010 Vol. 5 No. 10 1613 -1618

Dietary antioxidants, such as anthocyanins, are helpful in the prevention and control of various diseases by counteracting the imbalance of oxidative and antioxidative factors in the living systems. Black currant (Ribes nigrum L., Grossulariaceae) is known to contain high amounts of anthocyanins (250 mg/100 g fresh fruit). Black currant fruits have been used in Asian and European traditional medicine for the treatment of a variety of diseases. Black currant extract has recently been found to be the second most effective amongst nine different berry extracts studied for their free radical scavenging activity…