Cranberries have been a revered fruit for centuries. A low, creeping shrub, wild cranberries were a central part of the Native American diet.

They were eaten fresh, dried, mashed with other ingredients or combined with the protein and fat from wild game to create pemmican, a traditional winter survival food.

They have since been harvested in North America as a nourishing fruit staple. Cranberries contain unique flavonoid antioxidants known as PACs or Proanthocyanidins, 30 grams of dried Cranberries contain 113 mg of polyphenols.