Summer is the season when grapes are on the market in large quantities. Do you like sour and sweet grapes? Blackcurrant is a very common fruit in daily life. Blackcurrant has a very high nutritional value. It is rich in sour and sweet delicious juice, minerals and vitamins with good edible value. So what's the difference between grapes and blackcurrants?
The difference between blackcurrant and grape
1、 Different distribution
Blackcurrant scientific name blackcurrant also known as blackcurrant, black bean fruit, Purple Plum, Scirpus, small shrub, its mature fruit is small black berry, widely distributed in the northern hemisphere.
Grape is a grape plant, also known as mountain gourd and grass dragon ball. Its fruit is ellipsoid and looks like agate. Grapes are native to Europe, West Asia and North Africa.
2、 Different sizes
Blackcurrant is much smaller than grape. The single fruit of blackcurrant is about 2G, while the single fruit of grape is about 8-10g. Blackcurrant skin is dark and beautiful, without fruit frost, while grape skin is blue black, bright as paint, with a layer of white fruit frost on the surface. Not only that, blackcurrant is single fruit after picking, without clusters, but grapes are generally sold in clusters.
In addition, in terms of seed size, the seeds of blackcurrant are very small, and they can't be tasted after being dried. The seeds of grape are relatively large, which can be obviously felt.
3、 Different taste
Blackcurrant is very sour. It has a special taste. People are not used to it. The flesh of grape is black, hard and crisp. It tastes sweet and tastes good.
4、 Growth habit
Blackcurrant is light loving and cold resistant. It can be propagated by seeds, cuttings or strips. It is easy to cultivate and manage. It has high economic value and is suitable for development in cold areas of North China. In Heilongjiang, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia and other provinces, a large number of introduction and cultivation. Fruit is rich in many vitamins, sugars and organic acids, especially vitamin C, which is mainly used for making jam, wine and beverage.
Grapes can grow in a variety of soil, such as river beach, saline alkali land, hillside, etc., but different soil conditions have different effects on the growth and results of grapes.
Efficacy and function of blackcurrant
1、 Good protection for liver function
Liver is the biggest chemical plant of human body. The damage of liver function will seriously threaten human health.
2、 Protect teeth, firm gums
To have good teeth, you must have good gums. To have good health, first of all, good teeth. One of the most important aspects is to ensure the intake of vitamin C. When the human body lacks vitamin C, it is easy to cause gingival malnutrition, gingival atrophy and degeneration, gingival redness, swelling and bleeding and other periodontal diseases. Blackcurrant is rich in vitamin C, more importantly, it also contains a lot of antioxidants, which ensures the effect of vitamin C.
3、 Visual function can be greatly improved
Blackcurrant is rich in a variety of antioxidant bioactive substances, such as anthocyanin, vitamin C, flavonoids and phenolic acids, etc., which can protect visual function by supplementing antioxidants for human body.
4、 Reduce peroxide damage and delay aging
In order to maintain human health and delay aging, it is very important to take in antioxidative nutrients from food.
5、 Tonifying blood and Qi
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that grapes have the functions of strengthening Chilean muscles and bones, invigorating stomach, promoting body fluid, eliminating thirst, promoting Qi, promoting water conservancy, urinating, nourishing kidney, benefiting liver and good complexion. Generally, eating more black currant grapes can relieve cold hands and feet, backache, anemia and other phenomena, and improve immunity.