For Health Professionals
Whether you’re educating patients, clients, readers or online followers, your audience turns to you for sound nutrition information and lifestyle motivation. Here you’ll find blueberry-related insights and resources from USHBC to support your work and inspire possibilities for each individual’s health journey.
Health Benefits of Blueberries
So many people want to make health-conscious food decisions, but busy days and hectic schedules get in the way. Blueberries offer one simple and nutritious solution: rinse and enjoy! They’re small berries with a lot to offer – here’s the skinny on need-to-know blueberry nutrition
Need-to-Know Nutrition Facts
Provides vitamins and minerals
Blueberries provides vitamins and minerals and are a good source of four essential nutrients – fiber, vitamin C, vitamin K and manganese. They also provide plant bioactives called flavonoids. This group includes anthocyanins (163.3 mg/100g), which are compounds that give blueberries their blue color.
Good source of dietary fiber
Just one serving of blueberries can help you towards meeting your daily fiber requirement.3-4
Good source of vitamin C
One serving of blueberries provides 16% of your daily vitamin C requirement!1 Not only does vitamin C support immune health, but it is necessary for growth and repair of tissues and promotes healing for wounds.2
Certified heart-healthy
Fresh and frozen blueberries are certified as heart-healthy through the American Heart Association’s® Heart-Check Food Certification Program. The program offers an easy, reliable way to identify heart-healthy foods that can be part of a balanced eating plan.
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Blueberry Nutrition Panels
Fresh Blueberries
- Good source of fiber
- Good source of vitamin C
- Excellent source of manganese
- Excellent source of vitamin K
- Virtually no fat
Frozen Blueberries
- Good source of fiber
- Good source of manganese
- Excellent source of vitamin K
*Nutrition Label for example purposes only
Supporting Organizations
The USHBC proudly works with some of today’s leading organizations, experts and advocates in public health and nutrition. Together, we’re promoting health-conscious food decisions and driving consumer awareness about the benefits of blueberries.
Partnership Opportunities
Are you interested in being a USHBC partner? Contact the team and tell us how we can work together to champion blueberries!
