CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND NUTRITIONAL ANALYSIS
The table shows the content of nutrients (calories, proteins, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals) per 100 grams of edible part.
Nutrient | Quantity | Norm** | % of the norm in 100 g | % of the norm in 100 kcal | 100% normal |
Calorie content | 41.2 kcal | 1684 kcal | 2.4% | 5.8% | 4087 g |
Carbohydrates | 8.5 g | 219 g | 3.9% | 9.5% | 2576 g |
Organic acids | 2.4 g | ~ | |||
Water | 85.8 g | 2273 g | 3.8% | 9.2% | 2649 g |
Vitamins | |||||
Vitamin A, RE | 70.4 μg | 900 mcg | 7.8% | 18.9% | 1278 g |
beta carotene | 0.42 mg | 5 mg | 8.4% | 20.4% | 1190 g |
Vitamin B1, thiamine | 3 mg | 1.5 mg | 200% | 485.4% | 50 g |
Vitamin B2, riboflavin | 3 mg | 1.8 mg | 166.7% | 404.6% | 60 g |
Vitamin C, ascorbic | 30 mg | 90 mg | 33.3% | 80.8% | 300 g |
Vitamin K, phylloquinone | 80 mcg | 120 mcg | 66.7% | 161.9% | 150 g |
Macronutrients | |||||
Potassium, K | 70 mg | 2500 mg | 2.8% | 6.8% | 3571 g |
Calcium, Ca | 19 mg | 1000 mg | 1.9% | 4.6% | 5263 g |
Magnesium, Mg | 21 mg | 400 mg | 5.3% | 12.9% | 1905 g |
Sodium, Na | 35 mg | 1300 mg | 2.7% | 6.6% | 3714 g |
Phosphorus, Ph | 35 mg | 800 mg | 4.4% | 10.7% | 2286 g |
Trace elements | |||||
Iron, Fe | 0.8 mg | 18 mg | 4.4% | 10.7% | 2250 g |
Digestible carbohydrates | |||||
Mono- and disaccharides (sugars) | 8.5 g | max 100 g |
Energy value Honeysuckle is 41.2 kcal.
Main source: Skurikhin I.M. and other Chemical composition of food products. ...
** This table shows the average norms of vitamins and minerals for an adult. If you want to know the norms based on your gender, age and other factors, then use the application "My Healthy Diet".
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Honeysuckle rich in vitamins and minerals such as: vitamin B1 - 200%, vitamin B2 - 166.7%, vitamin C - 33.3%, vitamin K - 66.7%
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- 4373The name of edible honeysuckle consists of two abbreviated words that are of great importance to every person. These words are “life” and “youth”, and the berry culture is called “honeysuckle”. “What are beneficial features honeysuckle? " - you ask.
Biochemical studies carried out on the fruits of this plant have proven that honeysuckle is a real storehouse of vitamins and microelements. The early summer ripening period (from mid-May) gives particular value to these berries, that is, fresh honeysuckle berries appear on our table during the period of the so-called "vitamin hunger". The fruits of edible honeysuckle are distinguished by the presence of a number of substances with an immunocorrective effect, stimulating lipid metabolism and enzymatic processes. Esters found in honeysuckle are regulators of biological and physiological systems of the body, among them are: ethyl formate, octyl acetate, ethyl acetate, propyl acetate, isoamyl valerate, ethyl enanthate, ethyl benzyl acetate, benzyl butyrate. Betaine contained in edible bush has a beneficial effect on the body: it normalizes the disruptions in the body caused by a lack of vitamin B12. Edible honeysuckle also contains substances - leukoanthocyanins, which have an antitumor effect on human organism. Edible oil contains selenium - the so-called "element of youth", which is extremely rare in nature.
From nitrogenous compounds in honeysuckle contains many amino acids, and from vitamins - A, C, P, as well as vitamins of group B. Potassium, phosphorus, sodium, calcium, magnesium, silicon and iron - this is the list of macronutrients contained in these priceless berries. Copper, zinc, selenium, barium, iodine, strontium - as you can see, the list of trace elements is also considerable.
And besides, one of the main advantages of honeysuckle is the exorbitant content of vitamin C, as in the most useful varieties of currants (up to 170 mg / 100 g) and the highest availability of P-active substances among all berries in our country (up to 2800 mg / 100 g). And what is especially important, all biologically active substances contained in honeysuckle berries have synergism, that is, they enhance each other's effect on the human body, which in general gives an excellent health-improving result.
The effect of P-active substances on the human body is great and, in addition, covers vital functions, such as the cardiovascular and circulatory systems, the gastrointestinal tract, etc. The beneficial properties of edible honeysuckle are very diverse.
Honeysuckle fruits have a powerful anti-inflammatory effect, choleretic, diuretic and anti-ulcer effects, and the presence of pectin substances increases the body's protective functions against intoxication of the whole body with toxic heavy metals.
Edible honeysuckle is an erect, branched shrub with a height of 1 to 2 m. The diameter of the plant crown is 1.5-2m. Honeysuckle is one of the most durable berry crops grown in our country, it can grow up to 100 years, but bears fruit up to 25 years. Under natural conditions, honeysuckle is widespread in the Kuriles, Altai, Primorye, Kamchatka and the Sayan Mountains.
The berries reach a weight of 1.8 g, the length of the berries is up to 1.5 cm, the taste is sweet and sour, aromatic, the berries taste like blueberries, and the consistency is like blueberries. This is one of the earliest berries - we can pick it in our garden in mid-May.
Edible honeysuckle is characterized by high frost resistance up to -50 degrees, edible honeysuckle flowers tolerate spring return frosts up to eight degrees without damage.
Honeysuckle is a very fast-growing crop, it can start bearing fruit the next year after planting. Honeysuckle blooms even before the leaves are fully developed. The ripening time of fruits is determined by the sum of active temperatures of 450-520 degrees C, which is much less than that of all other fruit and berry crops. It takes only 30-40 days from the beginning of flowering to ripening of the fruit. The growth period of honeysuckle shoots is short (ends in mid-June), and intensive growth lasts only about 10 days. In the warm climate of Ukraine, there have been cases of re-awakening of buds in July, re-growth, flowering and even ripening of berries.
The honeysuckle harvest is low in the early years. The yield gradually increases annually as the bush grows and is 1.5-3 kg per bush or more. Honeysuckle is edible, blue is a self-fertile plant, therefore, in order to get harvests, you need to have at least 2 - 3 varieties in the garden.
One of the features of honeysuckle is the non-simultaneous ripening of the berries, which gradually ripen over almost 2 weeks, which prolongs the season of enjoying this berry.
Honeysuckle is a light-loving plant and does not want to grow in the shade, and even more so it will not bear fruit. It is not demanding on soils, but it gives the best yields on slightly acidic and neutral soils of medium mechanical composition. Moisture-loving, but does not tolerate waterlogging. In dry spring, it requires watering at the time of intensive growth and fruiting. With a lack of moisture, the size of the berries decreases, the taste deteriorates, and the yield of the current and next year decreases.
Honeysuckle seedlings are placed at a distance of 1.5 m from each other. Considering that this plant is long-lived, do not reduce the distance, it is better to plant vegetables between the bushes of honeysuckle for several years until the bushes grow. When planting, honeysuckle seedlings are not recommended to be buried, otherwise their development will slow down. It is good to fill the planting pits with organic matter. When planting in the fall, the branches are not pruned, but they do it in early spring until a strong pair of buds. When planting in the spring, cut off immediately.
For the first 3 - 4 years, honeysuckle builds up the aboveground part slowly, building up the underground part at this time, starting from the 5th year it forms a lush berry bush well. Honeysuckle is responsive to feeding and watering, responds very well to feeding with complex mineral fertilizers.
Caring for honeysuckle differs little from caring for other berry bushes, but there are some peculiarities in pruning. In the first 5-7 years of life, while strong shoots grow from the base of the bush and the crown is formed, it does not need any pruning, except for sanitary. In subsequent years, the plant thickens and needs to be rejuvenated.
The beneficial properties of honeysuckle are highly valued in folk medicine... For the treatment of various diseases, all parts of the plant are used: fruits, flowers, buds, leaves, crushed roots. Honeysuckle has been given astringent, anti-inflammatory and anti-sclerotic properties. Eating sweet berries can eliminate capillary fragility and reduce blood pressure.
Scientists have counted approximately 200 different types of honeysuckle. The most popular in folk medicine is edible honeysuckle. The name speaks for itself - the fruits of the plant can be eaten. Berries of some varieties can be poisonous to the human body, therefore, the choice of a variety for planting and the collection of wild fruits should be done with special attention. For example, an ornamental variety - Tatar honeysuckle - is very poisonous.
The plant belongs to the northern cold-resistant species. The greatest distribution of the plant is observed in the North of Siberia and the Far East. In the wild of China, Japan, Korea, honeysuckle is especially common. Can be cultivated by gardeners because of the beauty of the shrub and its unusual flowering.
The shrub loves moist soil, therefore it is located in the floodplains of rivers, on the banks, as well as in the forests of coniferous and deciduous trees located among the mountains or on mountain slopes. A prerequisite for a good vegetation of honeysuckle is a sufficient amount of moisture and cool climatic conditions.
Even wild honeysuckle is aesthetically pleasing. Low bushes, reaching a meter in height, have a spherical crown formed by moderate branching of shoots.
There are other common plant species. For example, honeysuckle honeysuckle is a liana-like variety. Used in landscape design, it exudes a pleasant aroma that intensifies in the evening. It differs from other species in preserving foliage for the winter. Another popular species is climbing honeysuckle, a deciduous plant that forms beautiful vertical thickets.
The healing properties of honeysuckle are manifested in all parts of the plant, which determines its multi-stage harvesting.
Harvesting of honeysuckle berries for future use is also popular by making preserves, jams, compotes from the fruits. Such desserts will be useful, but the maximum concentration of nutrients is preserved in dried or frozen fruits.
The healing properties of honeysuckle are due to the richness of its chemical composition. Eating fruits is a great way to get fortified for the whole year, because honeysuckle concentrates all the most important nutrients.
Honeysuckle will help replenish the reserves of macronutrients, most of which are essential electrolytes and participants in the transmission of nerve impulses. In addition, macronutrients are concentrated in certain tissues, performing their physiological functions there. Honeysuckle is rich in:
The trace elements found in the fruits of honeysuckle also have a positive effect on the state of human health, because each of them performs its specific functions in the body, ensuring the normal functioning of various organoleptic systems. Honeysuckle will provide the body with:
Also, other biologically active substances were found in the composition of honeysuckle fruits.
The properties of the components of honeysuckle surprise with their multifaceted action, however, official medicine does not apply medicinal properties honeysuckle for the treatment of diseases.
Indications for the use of berries and other parts of the honeysuckle plant are surprising in their diversity.
Other beneficial properties include the ability of the honeysuckle bark to eliminate swelling. The plant is actively used for the treatment of ascites. The fruits are rich in iodine, therefore they can be used for men and women as a prophylactic agent against thyroid diseases.
The plant is able to regulate lipid metabolism, lower cholesterol, therefore it is recommended for weight loss, as well as for complex therapy and prevention of atherosclerosis. The hypoglycemic effect of honeysuckle fruits is appropriate in diabetes mellitus.
According to doctors' reviews, edible honeysuckle is not contraindicated during pregnancy, but during breastfeeding, its use should be moderate. Contraindications for honeysuckle include only individual sensitivity to the plant, which is extremely rare. Side effects do not appear with moderate use of honeysuckle and its preparations.
The healing properties of honeysuckle will manifest themselves with all their might, if you properly prepare medicines from the plant, using recipes.
Peculiarities. Helps to cope with headaches, migraines, dizziness, as well as gently lower blood pressure levels after stress or due to a change in the weather.
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Peculiarities. It is used to treat diarrhea of any origin, it is used externally for rinsing the mouth and washing wounds.
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Peculiarities. It has antispasmodic properties, very effectively eliminates pain in the stomach and intestines. The product is used to flush the eyes with conjunctivitis, and also eliminate inflammation of the ureter.
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Peculiarities. It takes a long time to prepare honeysuckle tincture at home, but its healing properties help cleanse the body, improve blood formation, stimulate immunity, increase appetite and improve digestion. The drug is contraindicated for hypertension, pregnant women, children.
Preparation and application
According to reviews, all honeysuckle preparations are well tolerated and quickly show their effectiveness. A prerequisite is the moderate use of the berry itself and even the most delicious preparations from it. With excessive use of tincture, the harm of honeysuckle to the body will hardly be noticeable, but from alcohol it will manifest itself in all its glory.
The use of honeysuckle in cooking is popular for obtaining safe natural dyes and coloring cakes, creams, desserts with them. The benefits of honeysuckle are perfectly preserved when the berries are frozen and completely passes into the juice extracted from the fruits, fruit drink. The content of pectins allows you to add honeysuckle to jelly, make jelly from it.
Peculiarities. To make honeysuckle jam, it is better to use selected whole fruits, just ripe, with a sweet and sour taste. They make the jam especially tasty.
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Peculiarities. Honeysuckle wine takes a long time to prepare, but it surprises with its extraordinary taste and a set of medicinal properties.
Preparation
The benefits of honeysuckle berries are manifested in different ways. Someone will appreciate her ability to heal the stomach, and someone - aromatic wine made from fruits. Medicines can help cope with disease, and eating fresh, frozen or processed berries will be an excellent boost to good health.
Honeysuckle is an ornamental shrub with elongated bluish-blue berries that grows wild in Asia. To date, breeders have bred about 200 varieties of plants, which are mainly used to decorate garden landscapes and personal plots. Few people know that honeysuckle fruits are a tasty and healthy product, which is not inferior to other berries in terms of the content of vitamins and nutrients. The sour-sweet and juicy pulp, slightly reminiscent of black currant in taste, contains a large amount of ascorbic acid, carotenoids, easily digestible vegetable sugars, B vitamins, and minerals.
The fruits of the Asian shrub contain in a high concentration tannins, pectins, organic acids, fructose and sucrose that are important for the human body. There are very few carbohydrates in berry pulp, and fats are completely absent. Therefore, honeysuckle is considered an excellent dietary product. One hundred grams of fruit has a maximum of 40 kilocalories, the composition of fresh pulp contains the following amount of nutrients:
Honeysuckle fruits have a truly unique chemical composition. The concentration of vitamin C in them is almost the same as in citrus fruits. And in terms of the content of minerals, gray-blue berries leave far behind most of the products of plant origin. Fresh pulp contains a lot of calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, iron, retinol, beta-carotene pigment, which has strong antioxidant properties, and B vitamins. Fruits are rich in iodine, silicon, copper, manganese and other trace elements necessary for the normal functioning of the human body. What vitamins and minerals are most concentrated in honeysuckle? The composition of one hundred grams of the product includes the following amount of useful elements:
An interesting fact is that honeysuckle berries, even belonging to the same variety, but grown in different climatic conditions, may contain different amounts of nutrients and vitamins. If the plant grows in arid and hot areas, then its fruits have a sweeter and more wine taste, contain more sugars, tannins and useful pigments. And if the shrub is grown in a temperate climatic zone with sufficient air humidity, then a lot of ascorbic acid accumulates in the berries.
The juicy fruits of the Asian plant have a beneficial effect on the work of the cardiovascular system. Cardiologists recommend periodically eating fresh berries as a dessert for people suffering from anemia, hypertension, and frequent nosebleeds. Pectins, tannins, organic acids contained in the pulp in high concentration actively remove toxins and excess cholesterol from the blood vessels, which is very important for the prevention of atherosclerosis. Honeysuckle contains substances that strengthen the walls of the eye capillaries. If you eat 100 grams of fresh or frozen fruits daily, you can prevent the development of glaucoma.
Due to the large amount of antioxidants, berries perfectly tone up the body, stimulate immunity, and have a general strengthening effect on all organs and systems. Carotenoids, glycosides and pectins, which are rich in pulp, fight toxins and free radicals that provoke early cell aging and the formation of malignant tumors. With the help of sweet fruits, you can reduce body temperature during a cold or an infectious disease, normalize blood pressure, eliminate migraines, and support memory in old age. Vitamins and minerals contained in berries in high concentration contribute to the recovery of the body after severe diseases or surgery, and pigments with antioxidant properties remove heavy metal salts and poison particles from living tissues. Therefore, the use of honeysuckle is especially recommended for people living in megalopolises, near heavy industry enterprises and highways.
The juicy fruits of the Asian bush have a beneficial effect on the work of the gastrointestinal tract. Nutritionists advise to include the product in the diet for people suffering from gastritis, inflammatory liver diseases, duodenal ulcer. The vegetable sugars that make up the berries are easy to digest and do not contribute to the appearance of extra pounds, and trace elements perfectly cleanse the stomach and intestines, stimulate the digestive processes. Followers of traditional medicine use the fruits before eating to improve appetite, and with fresh squeezed juice they remove lichen and ulcers from the skin, cleanse the eyes of pus, wash the throat with sore throat.
It is recommended to include honeysuckle berries in the menu for dieters. A low-calorie product perfectly saturates the body with vitamins and microelements, does not provoke weight gain, activates metabolic processes, and supports the functioning of the liver and gallbladder. The sweet-sour and juicy pulp, almost entirely composed of water, is remarkably refreshing in hot weather. If you eat only 200 grams of fresh fruit, you can provide the body daily rate riboflavin, thiamine and iron. Honeysuckle juice can cure many skin diseases, including ulcers. It is useful to drink it to strengthen the body in acute respiratory viral infections, to maintain visual acuity at high visual stress. Due to its high vitamin C content, honeysuckle can be used to heal scurvy.
Not only the fruits of the bush bring great benefits to the human body. The flowers, leaves and even the bark of the plant contain many useful substances that have a pronounced diuretic, choleretic, anti-inflammatory and disinfecting effect. Decoctions from inflorescences and leaves are reliable and highly effective folk remedy against gastritis, gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer, increased edema, bowel dysfunction. It is recommended to use these drinks to stimulate the secretory function of the stomach, improve digestion and appetite.
Decoctions and infusions of honeysuckle contain a huge amount of vitamins and minerals, it is useful to drink them during a serious illness or rehabilitation period after surgery, with heavy physical exertion. A drink made from young twigs and leaves is considered an excellent remedy for the treatment of seasonal viral infections, it has a strong antiseptic, antipyretic and diaphoretic effect, strengthens the immune system. They can gargle with sore throat or laryngitis, clear the eyes of pus with conjunctivitis. The decoction of leaves and bark contains anthocyanins and pectins in high concentration, removing toxins and free radicals from the body, improving metabolism, preventing the development of oncology.
A decoction of honeysuckle flowers is successfully used in folk medicine as a medicine against eczema and psoriasis. It heals inflammation remarkably, cleanses the skin of dead particles. It can also be applied to problem skin to eliminate acne breakouts. Based on honeysuckle extract, Asian cosmetic companies produce moisturizers against the early appearance of wrinkles and bags under the eyes.
Honeysuckle berries can be called a treasure trove of vitamins, and especially minerals, but this does not mean that there are no restrictions and contraindications to their use. The ingestion of an excessive amount of the product into the body in most cases causes an allergic reaction, accompanied by a rash on the skin. For the same reason, you should carefully monitor the dosage of medicines based on honeysuckle extract. Also, with caution, you need to drink decoctions and infusions from flowers and leaves of a shrub, since they have a fairly strong diuretic effect. People with type II diabetes, liver and gallbladder disease should consult a doctor before taking these drinks.
Only varieties of honeysuckle are suitable for food, the berries of which are bluish-blue or almost black. Fruits of exclusively this color are edible. But red, orange and yellow berries are extremely poisonous for humans. It is strictly forbidden to eat them, otherwise you can get very severe poisoning, sometimes leading to death.
In total, almost 200 varieties of honeysuckle have been bred in the world. In our country, the most popular are 5 varieties that are distinguished by good taste and high food quality:
If the shrub has grown a lot, then harvesting from it is not as easy as it seems. This is hard and painstaking work. The fruits hang not only at the ends of the branches, but also in the depths of the plant, closer to the trunk. To get to them, you have to wade through dense thickets. Better to pick berries in the afternoon, when the sun is not beating too much. Fruits at the ends of the branches ripen early, they are harvested first. Then the berries turn blue near the trunk. In the last turn, the harvest is removed from the lower branches. The fruits secrete a juice, which is as rich as that of blueberries, staining the skin of the hands and clothes, so you should pick them carefully.
Honeysuckle berries are consumed fresh, dried and frozen. The dried product can be stored without loss of quality up to three years, and frozen - up to a year. Sweet fruits go well with milk, fruits and other forest and garden berries. You can add them to vitamin fruit salads. The combination of honeysuckle with strawberries is considered especially nutritious and useful, but it is better not to eat it together with gooseberry, otherwise there will be problems with digestion.
Useful properties of honeysuckle
Good day! Honeysuckle in Siberia is the earliest berry, although southerners have long had the opportunity to feast on cherries. Now is the time to harvest its fruits. Unusual elongated shape, with a pleasant aroma and sour taste, honeysuckle berries - a real storehouse of vitamins and minerals... They grow on bushes that can reach a height of two meters. Like this.
Each 5-7 year old bush yields up to 5 kg of large berries. Depending on the variety, honeysuckle berries can have a different, but certainly oblong shape, and different shades of taste. But the defining note of the taste is sour.
Wild shrub produces bitter berries, cultivars sweeter, larger and generally more aromatic. There is a variety that smells like strawberries.
Honeysuckle in terms of vitamin C content, it is not inferior to lemon, strawberry and kiwi... Only black currant is slightly ahead of it. In addition to vitamin C, the plant contains many vitamins P, group B, provitamin A - beta-carotene, and a small amount of vitamin A.
The mineral composition of honeysuckle is extremely rich. 100 grams of the product accounts for
Contains aluminum, barium, strontium in small quantities. The main acids are citric, malic, oxalic and succinic. In addition, honeysuckle contains a significant amount of tannins and pectins.
Of course, honeysuckle contains carbohydrates: fructose, glucose, galactose, in total about 7-8 grams.
No proteins were found in berries - 0 grams.
Fat is even less.
Honeysuckle berries are very low in calories: their calorie content of only 30-40 kcal per 100 grams... Therefore, those who want to lose weight can fearlessly include it in their diet.
Traditional medicine has been using honeysuckle to promote health since time immemorial. Due to its composition, honeysuckle berries support immunity well... A large amount of antioxidants can slow down the aging process... In terms of benefits, the plant is even compared to superfood, goji berries.
The presence of vitamins C, P and potassium makes the berry useful for the normal functioning of the heart. Honeysuckle strengthens the walls of capillaries and blood vessels... In addition, it has a pronounced diuretic effect. Therefore, it can be recommended as gentle pressure reducing agent and removal of edema. It also helps with anemia, hypertension and atherosclerosis, avoids frequent nosebleeds.
Fresh berries can be used as a general tonic, as well as for the prevention and treatment of scurvy and malaria. Honeysuckle has a beneficial effect on liver function and the gallbladder.
Moreover, doctors found antitumor effect of honeysuckle, since the combination of substances contained in the berries effectively prevents cell neoplasms, contributes to the prevention of cancer.
Honeysuckle helps to normalize digestion.
Dermatologists and cosmetologists appreciate these fruits for their pronounced beneficial effect on the skin... With psoriasis and dermatitis, it is recommended to drink the juice of honeysuckle berries 3 times a day or eat a handful of fruits. Within a month, the skin can be completely clear.
Not only fruits have beneficial properties, but also near leaves and sprouts, from which an infusion can be prepared... Here is his recipe:
Boil 3 tablespoons of crushed dry leaves and twigs (or 5-7 tablespoons fresh) per 200 grams of water for 3-4 minutes, then leave for 2 hours, then strain. This infusion is very effective for angina. It can also be applied to affected areas for skin conditions.
Even the most useful product in excessive quantities can be harmful. The same goes for honeysuckle. It is recommended to eat a day no more than 2-3 full handfuls of berries... And then, preferably not in one sitting, but gradually.
In some cases, honeysuckle can cause allergies. Be very careful with honeysuckle during pregnancy. and nursing mothers. During pregnancy, in principle, the sensitivity to food often changes and there may be contraindications.
Many beneficial components of honeysuckle, in particular vitamin C, during heat treatment they are destroyed and lost... Therefore, jam and compotes from it will be tasty, but not so healthy. But the beneficial properties are preserved when frozen. Honeysuckle berries can be frozen whole... In winter, it is placed in a glass or enamel dish, poured with boiling water and insisted. It turns out a wonderful fruit drink, which helps prevent ARVI, and if it happens to get sick, then the disease is transferred much easier and heals faster. The fruit drink turns out to be sour, so you can add honey.
They also often grind the berries with a blender and add - at a minimum, just to soften the sour taste. They are laid out in plastic containers with a lid - and in the freezer. In winter, it goes "with a bang" instead of jam.
Honeysuckle has one drawback: it does not ripen immediately, but gradually. Its collection can take a whole month, or even more. A lot of berries are crumbled. It is clear that the largest and ripe and most delicious... Losing them is a shame! We have adapted to underlay a material or a sheet under the bush.
It is possible to buy honeysuckle berries in Moscow, St. the price varies from 300 to 800 rubles, depending on whether you are buying wholesale or retail, where the supplier is located, and what kind of berry. Frozen berries can sometimes also be found commercially, including online. Many positive reviews can be found there as well. When choosing berries watch them not be bitter and were not mixed with garden bugs. Although even so, its amazing taste remains at its best.