Blueberries vs Rosehips – Which is Healthier?

Our Verdict

When comparing blueberries to rosehips, we picked the rosehips.

Why?

While you may not find rosehips at the supermarket, both of these berries are absolutely things you might grow in your garden, climate-permitting. So, what’s the score?

In terms of macros, rosehips have around 10x the fiber for 2x the carbs; that’s an easy calculation and an easy first-round win for rosehips.

In the category of vitamins, blueberries boast more of vitamins B1 and B9, while rosehips have a lot more of vitamins A, B2, B3, B5, B6, C, E, and K. That’s a landslide for rosehips even before we consider rosehips’ much greater margins of difference (kicking off with 80x the vitamin A, for instance, and many multiples of many of the others).

Looking at minerals, blueberries are not higher in any minerals, while rosehips have a lot more calcium, copper, iron, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus, potassium, and zinc.

In other considerations, blueberries are famously abundant in polyphenols, but rosehips are too, and have some special properties of their own (see the “learn more” section for details), so this round’s perhaps a tie, unless we want to get very subjective about it, in which case it could be swung either way.

However we do that last round, the sum is clear: it’s an overall win for rosehips—but do by all means enjoy either or both, as diversity is best!

Want to learn more?

You might like:

It’s In The Hips: Rosehip’s Benefits, Inside & Out

Enjoy!