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They are found in foods such as apples, pears, blueberries, blackberries, grapes, cocoa, and other common smoothie ingredients.

From Science Daily • May 24, 2026

Pears dropped to tenth place after outranking apples, blackberries and blueberries in 2025.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026

Then there’s the less technical, but equally relevant sensory experience each perfume evokes: a pear orchard in the fall or a bucket of blackberries on a hot summer day.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 2, 2025

At the same time, classic autumn fruits like blackberries and apples - normally ready in September - are hanging off the branches.

From BBC • Aug. 16, 2025

I ate blackberries from thorny whips that reminded me of barbed wire.

From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli