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CurrantC Black Currant Nectar

A wealth of health™. Tiny black currants. Big Benefits

The next big thing isn't big at all. Tiny black currants. Big Benefits

The Currant Company Story

The Currant Company® was the first company in America to domestically produce a nationally available Black Currant product of any kind. In 2005, it introduced the wonderfully delicious, incredibly healthy CurrantC™ all natural, premium black currant nectar. CurrantC nectar is available in the refrigerated section of supermarkets across America and Canada. In 2009, the company developed 5 new delicious flavors of black currant based nectars. All CurrantC black currant nectars contain a higher percentage of black currants than other ‘ready to drink’ beverages.

Why did Greg Quinn create CurrantC™ Black Currant Nectars?

When Greg Quinn and Carolyn Blackwood bought Walnut Grove Farm in 1999, Greg wanted to find a crop that would be profitable enough to support the farm. Of course the words "farm" and "profit" are not often found in the same sentence. After some searching for that suitable crop, he stumbled upon the idea of currants. Quinn knew about currants from his restaurant days in Bavaria. Black currants are very healthy. They are packed with antioxidants, vitamin C, potassium, as well as iron, calcium, manganese, magnesium and best of all, the flavor is unique and absolutely delicious. A botanical disease called white pine blister rust was thought to harm white pines if currants were grown in their proximity. Currants have remained off the radar of the American consciousness for almost 100 years. An interesting side note is that what Americans think are real "currants", those raisiny things one puts in their scones, are actually not currants at all but are raisins or dried grapes. Armed with a horticultural background (20 years teaching at The New York Botanical Garden) Quinn did some research into the disease. He deduced that the science behind the ban was incomplete and outdated. There are now resistant and immune varieties. Quinn worked with Cornell University Cooperative Extension to obtain a grant to fund a feasibility study into the possibility of a currant industry in the U.S. The conclusion was glowingly positive, not only for an industry of food products, but also to help family farms, many of which are hanging on by their financial fingernails.

Our Favorite Stories

I was researching black currants and I found link to your web site. On my vacation in upstate NY I was in a Polish restaurant in Lake George. I wasn't feeling well, thought I was coming down with a cold. They had black currant juice on menu. My daughter said it probably had a lot of vitamins and antioxidants why don't you order some.

Wow boy was I glad I found your site. I have been trying to find black currant extract in the US.

Thank you for CurrantC...

I have been drinking imported black currant juice for years

What a pleasure to get blackcurrant juice again!

I bought some of your juice at the Whole Foods in Beverly Hills last week. I LOVED it

Rec'd case of CurrantC (B'ham yesterday) in great shape...

Thank you for the wonderful treat of CurrantC at the AIDS Walk Boston. Your presenters were most helpful, informative and engaging.

I am a farm girl from Wisconsin. I tried CurrantC for the first time last month. My mom was the one who told me to try it when I was home visiting my family at Christmas. I just love it!!

I am so thrilled to discover your company...

The black currant drink certainly had me reminiscing...

Currant Events

Black Currant News:

Progressive Grocer - Currant Event Published: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 For 100 years, black currants were nationally banned from commercial cultivation in the United States, since the fruit, as a vector of white pine

Black Currant Health Benefits

New Study Finds Black Currants, the Once "Forbidden Fruit" to be the #1 Superfruit.

An extensive study this week by the Scottish Crop Research Institute confirms that Black Currants, a once illegal berry in the U.S., have higher levels of antioxidants and total vitamins and minerals than virtually any other fruit, including blueberries and pomegranates, for health-giving qualities. Researcher Dr. Derek Stewart, the head of the Quality, More...

Black Currants May Help Thwart Alzheimer's

Compounds in black currants may help protect against Alzheimer's disease, according to a study in the current issue of Chemistry & Industry magazine. Researchers found that these compounds -- anthocyanins and polyphenolics -- had a strong protective effect in cultured neuronal cells. Darker black currants contain more anthocyanins and are likely to More...

"Feel the Currant!"

When you think Florida, you think “oranges” and when you think Idaho, you think “potatoes” – well, how about “New York black currants”? The Currant Company, in the historic Hudson Valley area of New York State, is making it their mission to bring this popular fruit of days long past. The black currant, once a very popular and readily harvested fruit in the More...