Wild Summer berries (Scandinavia)
Monash FODMAP Team, 09 July 2015
To
our friends in Norway with questions about fresh wild berries.
While
we do not have these types of wild berries available in Australia, a friend and
colleague- Leena Putkonen (from Finland) - has visited our team with small
samples of freeze-dried, ground versions of some of
them.
Please note that these analysis are preliminary (we need
to analyse more samples before the information will appear in our app).
Second, note that 1
tablespoon or 9g of dried cranberry (is equivalent to around 130gram fresh
berries).
The
results of our preliminary FODMAP analysis suggests that:
Bilberry and Lingonberry appear to be low in FODMAP.
Blackcurrants contain high amounts of
the sugar polyol- sorbitol and so intake of this berry should be
avoided if you are sensitive to sorbitol.
Sea Buckthorn berries appear to be high in excess
fructose and so intake should be limited if you are sensitive
to fructose.
Cranberry does
contains the Oligo-fructans and so intake of large quantities should be
avoided, however, 1 tablespoon or 9g of dried cranberry (is equivalent to
around 130gram fresh berries) is low FODMAP and should be well
tolerated by most. Because
everyone tolerates foods differently it is important to find your own
‘tolerance level’.
Therefore please use this
information as a guide only.
Happy summer berry
picking from the Monash FODMAP team!
