Raspberry is a herbaceous low growth plant from the rose family (Rosaceae). It bears fruit immediately after planting, and reaches full fertility in the third year. It bears fruit once or several times a year, lives on average 8-14 years, and can reach an age of up to 20 years. It grows in the form of a bush up to 3.5 m in height.

The name idaeus derives from the name of Mount Ida in Crete. There is a Greek myth that Zeus saved raspberries when he was a child and his mother hid him behind the raspberry bushes because his father, the then supreme god Chronos, wanted to kill him.

The Romans expanded the cultivation of raspberry throughout Europe. In the Middle Ages, raspberries began to be used for medicinal purposes and as a dye, and only rich people could use it. In North America, before the Europeans arrived, the American Indians had long used raspberries. Raspberry cultivation expanded in the 18^th century because the rich were no longer the only ones who could afford to buy the seedlings.

Known effects: 

• can improve bone health, in combination with other nutrients (Vitamin K);
• strong antioxidant properties contribute to reducing the risk of disease;
• plays an important role in the metabolism of nutrients;
• in combination with calcium can reduce the symptoms of PMS;
• contributes to the normal functioning of the thyroid gland.