The Field Guideby Moss & MarrowThe Field Guideby Moss & Marrow
Also called frambozen.
In the Netherlands, raspberries are in season June to October, at their best in July. November is outside the Dutch season for raspberries.
Summer raspberries fruit in June and July; autumn varieties go on until October. Dutch growers use unheated tunnels to keep rain off the fruit.
Dry, dull-surfaced berries that come away from the plant cleanly. Shiny, wet-looking fruit is over.
Fibre, more than most fruit, plus vitamin C, manganese and ellagitannins.
To get the most: Raw and soon. They do not keep; freeze on a tray the day you buy them and the fibre and polyphenols carry over.
On our nutrient density chart, a normal serving of raspberries (125 g) gives about a third of a day's vitamin C and about a tenth of a day's vitamin K, counting what your body absorbs. That puts them 8th of the 33 fruits we scored.
Content per NEVO, the Dutch food composition database. This describes what the food contains, not what it does for you.
Do not wash unless you must. Eat within a day, or freeze on a tray.
20 producers in The Field Guide sell raspberries, according to their own website or shop list, each checked against our inclusion criteria and listed by province. Another 161 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.
Open on the map →visited by moss & marrowFarm · WageningenVeg & fruit37 farms in the guide open their fields for picking. Opening days follow the ripening, so check the farm's own page or social media the week you want to go.
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