Cherries

Cherries are a small and sweet stone fruit which ripen on the tree. There are a variety of cherries ranging from deep red to black, and the taste can vary from slightly sour to sweet depending on variety, time of year and other growing factors. As cherry is such a sweet flavour, its taste has artificially been recreated and used in many products such as beverages, lipstick and candy. As raw fruit, sweet cherries provide little nutrient content per 100 g serving (nutrient table).Dietary fiber and vitamin C are present in the most significant content while other vitaminsand dietary minerals each supply less than 10% of the Daily Value (DV) per serving, respectively. Compared to sweet cherries, raw sour cherries contain higher content per 100 g of vitamin C (12% DV) and vitamin A (8% DV).