White mulberries: properties, benefits and the best recipes for using them in the kitchen

The plant can be grown as a shrub, as a stump or as a tall trunk and the economic life of the mulberry tree varies according to the climate, soil, shape and methods used: for shrub mulberry orchards it is about 15 years, for those with a tall trunk it can reach 60-100 years. The fruit, incorrectly called mulberry, is a fruiting body formed by a true fruit, a seed and a false fruit or pulp; the correct name for this fruiting body is sorio – botanically “false fruit” like a fig– and resembles a blackberry, slightly larger and more elongated in shape. It reaches full maturity between the months of July and September.

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White, yellowish or purplish pink in color – which is why it is sometimes confused with the black mulberry – this fruit is characterized by a sweet, pleasantly sour pulp with a light vanilla aroma. You can enjoy it plain or use its sweet taste to make homemade preserves, syrups, liqueurs or irresistible desserts. And that’s not all: limited calorie