New funding aims to unlock fresh market potential of blackcurrants

Researchers target taste, quality and longevity in bid to raise profile of berries

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A new partnership hopes fresh blackcurrants will soon be on supermarket shelves
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A new partnership hopes fresh blackcurrants will soon be on supermarket shelves

Blackcurrants could soon be widely available on the fresh fruit aisles of supermarkets thanks to a partnership between Winterwood Farms and Hutton Scientific Services. Researchers at James Hutton Scientific...

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