News — Blackcurrants

Blackcurrants are favourable for glucose metabolism Blackcurrants have a beneficial effect on post-meal glucose response, and the required portion size is much smaller than previously thought, a new study from the University of Eastern Finland shows. Blackcurrants have a beneficial effect on the blood glucose response after a meal. They balance the glucose response of ingested sugar by attenuating its rise and delaying its fall. The effect is likely associated with berry-derived polyphenolic compounds, anthocyanins, which are rich in blackcurrants. The beneficial health effect of blackcurrants was supported by a recent study conducted at the University of Eastern Finland. In...