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Building a better cranberry
An experimental cranberry line developed by scientists with the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service and the Philip E. Marucci Center for Blueberry and Cranberry Research and Extension at Rutgers University delivers a readily absorbable dose of healthful antioxidants.

The researchers are studying a species of cranberry from Alaska because some of the fruit’s anthocyanins are glucose-linked. Most anthocyanins are bound to sugars, but those that are b…