FRESH FRUIT GIFT

The EU financed campaign EU FRESH FRUIT GIFT aims to promote the European fresh cherries and blueberries from Greece and Romania to consumers in India, UAE and UK. Its Associations are Agricultural Cooperative of Rachi Pieria “Agios Loukas” (AC Rachi) Greece  (Coordinator) and Association of South Fruit Producers -FRUCTPROD- (Romania) (Project partner). Regarding the products: Cherry: Cherry is a stone fruit, small soft round fruit, red or black when ripe. Botanically cherry, is belonging to the genus Prunus (family Rosaceae) and their edible fruits. Cherries has 2 main varieties, the sweet cherries and the sour cherries, the sweet cherries belong to prunus avium, and sour cherry belongs to prunus cerasus. Nutritional value: You'll get vitamins C, A, and K. Each long-stemmed fruit delivers potassium, magnesium, and calcium too. They also bring antioxidants, like beta-carotene, and the essential nutrient choline. Blueberry: Blueberries are perennial flowering plants with blue or purple berries. They are classified in the section Cyanococcus within the genus Vaccinium. Vaccinium also includes cranberries, bilberries, huckleberries and Madeira blueberries. Commercial blueberries—both wild (lowbush) and cultivated (highbush)—are all native to North America. Nutritional value: Berries are a good source of fibers, antioxidants, vitamin C, vitamin K, and manganese.