1, dried fruit color:
The dry color of blueberries is mostly black and reddish. Dried cranberries are mainly red or dark red with a little dark red.
2, dried fruit size:
Wild blueberries are not uniform in dry size, but relatively uniform if they are mature fruits. If it is dry, the red berries are even in size.
3. Dried fruit diameter:
The dry diameter of blueberry is about 8- 12mm, and the fruit is slightly smaller in the later stage. Cranberry stems are smaller, about 4-8 mm.
4, dried fruit shape:
Blueberries are oval, and the fruit in the later stage is close to round. Red berries are round. Therefore, it is difficult to distinguish dried fruits from their appearance.
5. Surface wrinkle degree of dried fruit:
The dry surface of blueberry is relatively flat with few wrinkles. The folds of dried cranberries are obviously wavy.
6, pulp thickness and taste:
Dried blueberry has thick pulp, soft taste, rich flavor, chewy and elastic. The dried red berries are thin, sour and slightly hard, and the pulp is chewed dry.
7, dried fruit seeds:
Blueberries have more dry seeds, less red berries and concentrated seeds, unlike blueberries, which are loose.
8. Hardness of dried fruit:
Dry blueberries have strong tensile strength, while red berries have little toughness.
9. Part:
Blueberries have obvious dry cross-section drawing, while red berries are the opposite.
10, after soaking in clear water:
Blueberries dry in clear water, and the color is naturally obvious, while red berries dry slowly, and the clear water is light red or brick red. If there is obvious flocculent suspended matter in the water or oily floating matter on the water surface, it is dyed dried cranberries.