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Blackberries have an ORAC value (oxygen radical absorbance capacity) of 5347 per 100 grams, including them among the top-ranked ORAC fruits. Another report using a different assay for assessing antioxidant strength placed blackberry at the top of more than 1000 antioxidant foods consumed in the United States*, **

*Halvorsen BL, Carlsen MH, Phillips KM, et al. (July 2006). "Content of redox-active compounds (ie, antioxidants) in foods consumed in the United States". Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 84 (1): 95–135. PMID 16825686

**Whatever. Charlie inhales them at levels that would startle bears. Large, hungry mother bears. But blackberries have nothing on Charlie's gluttonous palate for cherries. God help the cherry pitterJohn this summer.