Frontier Co-op Organic Dried Elderberries, European Whole - Non-GMO Elderberry Berries Dried - For Tea, Immune Support - Kosher | 16 Ounce (Pack of 2)

These Frontier Co‑op organic dried elderberries are excellent quality. The berries are clean, dark, and full of flavor, and they make a rich, fragrant syrup every time. I appreciate that they’re certified organic and free from additives — just pure elderberries. The bag lasts a long time, and the quality is consistently reliable. Perfect for homemade syrups, teas, and wellness blends.

I purchased these to use with alcohol infusions and cold remedies. Great product. Flavor was great!. To me, i notice a difference between using actual berries vs extract syrups. If you want the real berries i 100% recommend these and this company's products.

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Elderberries are popular for their unusual taste in pies, jellies, wine, and jams. Elderberry juice was used to treat a flu epidemic in Panama in 1995. We use these dried berries to make homemade elderberry syrup due to its immune boosting properties and save LOTS of money over purchasing ready made syrups. We can the syrup via water bath method to make it more shelf stable. Open containers of the syrup should be safe for consumption for 90 days when stored properly in a refrigerator. We take anywhere from 1/2 TB to 1 TB dose daily. When ill, we take 1 T every 3 hours, up to 6 times per day. Our recipe is as follows: Homemade Elderberry Syrup Ingredients: 4 cup black elderberries (1 lb dried) 12 cups of water 4-6 cinnamon sticks cinnamon powder 1/2 - 1 Tb whole cloves 48 oz local organic honey How to Make Elderberry Syrup: Pour water into medium saucepan and add elderberries, cinnamon and cloves (do not add honey yet!) Bring to a boil and then cover and reduce to a simmer for about an hour until the liquid has reduced by almost half. At that point, remove from heat and let cool enough to be handled. Pour through a strainer into a large mixing bowl. Press the berries to extract as much liquid as possible from them. Discard the elderberries, cloves, and cinnamon sticks by composting them! Add honey to the liquid. When honey is well mixed into the elderberry mixture, proceed to can it in 8 or 16 oz canning jars via water bath method. Store open containers in the fridge (for up to 90 days) and take daily for its immune boosting properties. (Some sources recommend taking only during the week and not on the weekends to boost immunity) Standard dose is 1/2 tsp to 1 tsp for kids and 1/2 Tbsp to 1 Tbsp for adults. If the flu or a cold does strike, take the normal dose every 2-3 hours instead of once a day until symptoms disappear. *Recipe has been Modified from Wellness Mama Cost comparison for 1 TB Serving size: Homemade is $.166/ounce & Store Bought $2.625/ounce. -STORE VERSION: $21 for 16 servings (1 TB servings) $2.625 per ounce or $1.3125 per serving. -ORGANIC HOMEMADE: 93 oz, $31 for 186 servings (1 TB servings) $.33 per ounce or $.166 per serving Cost of Ingredients: Honey $11, $19 Elderberries $1.00 for spice to make 93 ounces. Each ounce is 2 servings.

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Impressed with this product'! Very clean, no stems , perfect for syrup!

Update 3/12/19 Both my son and I started coming down with a cold again. Since I prepared a new batch of syrup we started taking it during the day. My son sneezed a few times, coughed for a day and that's it. No fever. He's already feeling better. My symptoms are talking longer to clear but I'm not coughing yet or sneezing. I will say, taking elderberry will flush you out. My blood sugar has improved since we started taking elderberry a month ago. I am learning to sweeten up the syrup with honey and that makes it a whole lot easier for my son to take. He does not like the tart unsweetened version at all. Plus honey is excellent at soothing coughs and sore throats. This year my son and I got the flu and it was horrible. I bought some elderberry cough syrup that was very sweet and we used it while sick. That little bottle costed $10 and wasn't enough for both of us, so I gave it to my son and he got well fast. Out of desperation with the flu I ordered a small bottle of elderberry syrup that also costed $16 and that helped me get well. I've seen people make their own syrup and thought if it saves money I'll do it to. Elderberries are very small and must be cooked first before ingesting. Red or green berries are not ripe. Purple and black berries are ripe and can be safely cooked to ingest. Be sure to strain out stems. Cook for at least an hour. Then the berries and seeds are safe to ingest. I have made syrup twice already and one cup of berries makes one cup of syrup for me. I store it in a glass jar in the fridge and take one tbsp a day, give my 4 year old one tsp a day. We haven't gotten sick again, especially with the changing weather. The berries are not sweet and I use honey to sweeten the syrup. Cooked berries can be used to bake pie or canned for jam. I've read the syrup cooked is safe for cats and dogs. Which I want to try but haven't yet. I'd recommend these berries. It's so much cheaper making my own syrup and I can also can jam or bake pies. I add the syrup in my tea.