Freeze Dried Blackcurrant Powder

Packed with nutritional bioactives, we source only New Zealand grown blackcurrants for our freeze dried blackcurrant powder.

This distinctive berry is known to contain particularly high levels of anthocyanins, which are anti-oxidant compounds concentrated in the skin of the blackcurrant , providing protection from high levels of UV light and giving the berry its characteristic dark purple colour.

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Antioxidant Activity of Anthocyanins Reduces Oxidative Stress

Blackcurrants contain a range of bioactives including most notably Vitamin C and phenolic compounds.  These phenolic compounds are part of the plants natural defense mechanism, helping to protect it from high levels of UV radiation, infection or other damage.

In blackcurrants the main phenolic compounds present are the anthocyanins, which are powerful anti-oxidants with a range of potential health benefits.Anthocyanins from blackcurrant have demonstrated neuroprotective effects  in  models of Alzheimers disease and Parkinsons disease,  have  shown positive effects on endothelial dysfunction ( an early indicator of the development of atherosclerosis) in adult subjects with hyperlipidaeimia, and have demonstrated cholesterol  and blood sugar lowering effects in animal models.

Other research has focussed on potential improvements in patients with the eye disease Glaucoma  following supplementation with  anthocyanin concentrate from blackcurrant.