The Field Guideby Moss & MarrowThe Field Guideby Moss & Marrow
Also called druiven.
In the Netherlands, grapes are in season September to October, at their best in September and October. November is outside the Dutch season for grapes.
Dutch table grapes are a small crop, ripe in September and October, mostly from unheated glass in the Westland and from small vineyards.
A bloom on the skin and a green stem.
Vitamin K, potassium and polyphenols, with resveratrol and anthocyanins in the skins of dark grapes.
To get the most: Eat the skins and, if you can, the seeds. Dark grapes carry more polyphenols than green.
On our nutrient density chart, a normal serving of grapes (125 g) gives about a fifth of a day's vitamin K and about a tenth of a day's potassium, counting what your body absorbs.
Content per NEVO, the Dutch food composition database. This describes what the food contains, not what it does for you.
Eat fresh, or roast a bunch alongside a chicken.
4 producers in The Field Guide sell grapes, according to their own website or shop list, each checked against our inclusion criteria and listed by province. Another 174 growers passed our bar for this food group; we have not yet recorded what each of them grows, so ask them or search the map.
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