Facts
- Gold raspberry, botanically classified as Rubus idaeus, is a general descriptor used to encompass several varieties of light-colored fruits belonging to the Rosaceae family. The rare raspberries grow on shrubs that can reach up to one meter in height and were discovered as a natural mutation on a red raspberry plant.
- Gold raspberries contain a recessive gene that inhibits the production of anthocyanins, compounds within the flesh that give red raspberries their pigmented, bright red coloring.
- Each Gold raspberry may vary in color, depending on the variety, anthocyanin content, and growing conditions, and some cultivars have been specifically bred for their variegated coloring, giving the fruits a golden hue flushed with pink.
- Gold raspberries are challenging to find compared to red raspberries and are reserved as a specialty fruit, generally labeled as Yellow raspberries or Gold raspberries in commercial markets.
- Gold raspberries are a good source of antioxidants, including vitamin C, to strengthen the immune system, reduce inflammation, and protect the cells against free radical damage.
- The raspberries are also a source of calcium to strengthen bones and teeth, fiber to regulate the digestive tract, iron to develop the protein hemoglobin for oxygen transport through the bloodstream, and other amounts of B vitamins, manganese, magnesium, copper, iron, and calcium.
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