There are differences in flavor depending on the geography of where the sauce is made: in Europe it is generally slightly sour-tasting, while in North America it is typically more heavily sweetened.

[2] According to a "Thanksgiving Primer" published by the Plimoth Plantation, cranberries may have been used in the stuffing recipes, but it is unlikely they would have been made into a sauce because sugar was very scarce.

[3] Cranberry sauce was invented by Marcus Urann – founder of the Ocean Spray cooperative – and first offered to consumers in North America in 1912 in Hanson, Massachusetts.

[citation needed] Commercial cranberry sauce may be loose and uncondensed, or condensed or jellied and sweetened with various ingredients.

Marcus Urann first commercially produced cranberry sauce in 1912, selling it locally in the Massachusetts market.