Selecting Cranberries

Serving Size per person for cranberries:

• 8-10 oz juice (20% concentrate)
• 1/3 cup fresh
• 1/2 cup sauce
• 1/3 cup dried

Fresh: Cranberries are available in plastic 1-pound bags.
Usually available October - January
Be sure the berries in the bag are not mushy or too bruised.

Canned: Whole berry sauce and jellied cranberry sauce
Available year round

Dried: sweetened and dried.
Available. Can be kept at room temperature until expiration date.

Juice: Canned, bottled, and frozen
Alone but usually mixed with other juices to counteract the tartness.
Available year round.