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You're looking at cultivated blueberries. Wild blueberries have between 5g and 7g sugar per 100g. They're typically smaller than their cultivated cousin. Their
by murbard2 11y ago
You're looking at cultivated blueberries. Wild blueberries have between 5g and 7g sugar per 100g. They're typically smaller than their cultivated cousin. Their flavor is more intense, but their texture is slightly grittier.
- rgbrenner 11y agoWild blueberries have between 5g and 7g sugar per 100g. I just searched for that, and saw 10g.. link please?
- murbard2 11y agohttp://www.wildblueberries.com/health-research/nutrition/ http://www.wildblueberries.com/health-research/nutrition/ or https://www.fatsecret.com/calories-nutrition/wymans/fresh-frozen-wild-blueberries https://www.fatsecret.com/calories-nutrition/wymans/fresh-fr... 10g/140g ~ 7g/100g http://www.calorieking.com/foods/calories-in-frozen-fruits-wild-blueberries-frozen_f-ZmlkPTEzMTgwOQ.html http://www.calorieking.com/foods/calories-in-frozen-fruits-w... 5g/100g
- rgbrenner 11y agointeresting... wild vs cultivated blueberries might be the strongest example of your original point.
- murbard2 11y agoNot the most striking though, look at wild bananas: https://dokmaidogma.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/musa-forest-banana-72.jpg https://dokmaidogma.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/musa-forest-...
- saosebastiao 11y agoAre those cultivated genetically different than wild varieties? Because as far as I can tell, sugar content is wildly affected by photosynthesis, which varies wildly by farm vs wild conditions. I have even more strong doubts that artificial selection is the cause of this.