Cherry

Cherries originally grew in the regions of Asia Minor, from where they came to Europe in the 1st century BC. They belong to the stone fruit and their flesh is made up of 80% water and fruit sugars. It serves as a rich source of minerals and vitamins, magnesium, iodine, silicon, iron, zinc, phosphorus, calcium and potassium. Cherries contain important dyes, which experts call anthocyanins. Like other plant dyes, anthocyanins are also antioxidants in nature and have the ability to protect blood vessels and the heart from damage.