Supposed to be! However you have to eat the bright red ones, the tart ones. The extracts and cherry juice used to be made from the dark cherries...and this may be the difference.
The tart cherries are used to make pies.
These Montmorency dried cherries are VERY tart (sour) and that is why some sugar is added. They are similar to a Jolly Rancher candy. My doctor says as we age we get slower saliva, and if you have a sour thing twice a day it helps the glands flow better. Otherwise you risk stones developing in them, which is very painful and requires surgery. So this is another benefit too.
These give the feeling of a "sweet" and are satisfying without continuing to eat them... a small blast of flavor. But I will confess that first day, they were SO good I did a little binge on them. LOL They are nice in salads too.
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