Strawberries are probably the most popular berries. Most Americans eat around 5 pounds of them every year. (Photo Credit: E+ / Getty Images)
Berries are some of the most versatile foods on the planet. You can pick them in the wild, grow them in your backyard, or buy them at the grocery store. There are dozens of varieties of berries, from the popular strawberry to the wild huckleberry.
Botanically, berries are a category of fruit, like citrus. For a fruit to be a true berry, it has to come from one flower with one ovary and have several seeds. That makes bananas and tomatoes botanically berries.
Common berries
Strawberries aren't really berries. They're the ends of the plant's stamen and the small black spots are the fruits. According to the USDA, we eat almost 5 pounds of fresh and frozen strawberries annually.
Strawberries are an excellent source of manganese, vitamin C, folate, and potassium. Their antioxidants may improve your overall heart health.
Raspberriesgrow on bushes in red, black, and purple and have a sweet taste and soft texture. You can eat them raw, or use them in smoothies, jellies, jams, or in baking.
Raspberries have healthy fiber, cancer-preventing flavonoids and polyphenols, and plenty of vitamin C. Their antioxidants also may help reduce signs of aging.
Açai (ah-sigh-EE) berries grow on a palm tree in the eastern Amazon, and they're hard to keep fresh after harvest. Today you can get freeze-dried berries more easily. Açai is popular in drinks, bowls, and served frozen.
Huckleberries are sweet, tart, purple berries and are slightly smaller than blueberries. There’s no good method to commercially farm them, so you have to forage for huckleberries in the wild in places such as Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Montana.
You can eat huckleberries raw, or use them in jams, syrups, and other foods. They're packed with more antioxidants than blueberries.
Gooseberries are small, tart, and juicy and can be green, red, or purple. They're low in calories and fat but loaded with vitamin C and fiber, as well as copper, manganese, and potassium.
Marionberries are a variety of the blackberry bred by the USDA in Marion County, Oregon, in the late 1940s. Today most marionberries are still grown and harvested in Marion. They're usually ready to pick in late July and are best when frozen.
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