Growing Our Blackcurrant
Miss Currant premium blackcurrant powder is proudly made from New Zealand blackcurrants. We believe in the power of natural health, enhanced through rigorous innovation and leading nutritional science. We stand at the forefront of radiance and vitality, exploring the harmonious relationship between antioxidant-rich blackcurrant and youthfulness of body and mind.
A Small Fruit with Incredible Energy!
Forged in crisp frost, fearless in the face of wind and rain, blackcurrants are a quiet achiever. While other fruits bloom throughout the year, blackcurrants can only be harvested once - during New Zealand’s summer. They transform the landscape overnight with colourful flowers followed by their beautiful, deep purple berries that contain extraordinary levels of concentrated nutrition.
Unlike other fruit that cowers in the cold winter, blackcurrants come to life in the face of adversity withstanding at least 800 hours of cold temperatures to produce the finest fruit.
Harvested Fresh From Canterbury
The Top Growing Region in the World - Canterbury
Miss Currant selects only the finest blackcurrants from the world’s top growing region. Canterbury’s optimal climate, pure environment and high number of sunshine hours contribute to a highly prized blackcurrant variety with the highest levels of anthocyanins anywhere on the planet.
Miss Currant Harvest Shoot 2020
Compliant with New Zealand's most rigorous agriculture monitoring system
Miss Currant complies with the New Zealand government's most rigorous agriculture monitoring system from seed to shelf.
Insists on natural, GE free products that contain zero artificial additives.
Supports people to achieve health and youthfulness through a natural diet.
Origins Of The Blackcurrant
In the 17th century, European nobles used the blackcurrant plant to make herbal tea and incorporated the fruit into a range of popular recipes for immunity, anti-inflammation and energy.
Mrs. Beeton's cookbooks, widely regarded as the kitchen bibles of the 17th century, often incorporated blackcurrants in their recipes, showcasing both their deliciousness and nutritional value. As word spread of the benefits of this small but mighty fruit, blackcurrants boomed in popularity across Europe, becoming a symbol for youthfulness and vitality.
Taking root in the land of the long white cloud
It wasn’t long before blackcurrants became popular in other parts of the world. In the 1820’s some of the first British settlers arrived on New Zealand’s shores, bringing with them many treasures, including the precious purple powerhouse.
Blackcurrants quickly increased popularity. In the 1850’s, an agricultural expert from Nelson developed a unique growing technique that resulted in the cultivation of a superior blackcurrant variety. This technique quickly spread to orchards across the country, and contributed to the rapid development of the New Zealand blackcurrant.
A 2010 report by Plant & Food Research found the New Zealand blackcurrant contains approximately 1.5 times more anthocyanins than any of the other 32 varieties of blackcurrant grown around the world.
Since taking root in the 1850s, New Zealand’s elegant ‘purple pearl’ continues to surprise and delight people the world over.
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