General Information
NameLingonberry
Scientific NameVaccinium vitis-idaea
DescriptionVaccinium vitis-idaea (lingonberry or cowberry) is a short evergreen shrub in the heath family that bears edible sour, slightly sweet, slightly bitter fruit, native to boreal forest and Arctic tundra throughout the Northern Hemisphere from Eurasia to North America. In the past it was seldom cultivated, but fruit was commonly collected in the wild. Recently, commercial cultivation has begun in the U.S. Pacific Northwest.
Primary IDFOOD00194
Picture194
Classification
GroupFruits
Sub-GroupBerries
Taxonomy
SuperkingdomEukaryota
KingdomViridiplantae
PhylumStreptophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderEricales
FamilyEricaceae
GenusVaccinium
Speciesvitis-idaea
VarietyNot Available
ITIS ID505637
Wikipedia IDVaccinium vitis-idaea
Composition
Compounds
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Macronutrients
MacronutrientContent Range AverageReference
Ash100.000 - 300.000 mg/100 g200.000 mg/100 gDTU
Carbohydrate7800.000 - 39000.000 mg/100 g23700.000 mg/100 gDTU
Fat200.000 - 1200.000 mg/100 g700.000 mg/100 gDTU
Fatty acids0.000 - 800.000 mg/100 g166.667 mg/100 gDTU
Fiber (dietary)0.000 - 3700.000 mg/100 g1550.000 mg/100 gDTU
Proteins200.000 - 800.000 mg/100 g500.000 mg/100 gDTU
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References
Content Reference— Saxholt, E., et al. 'Danish food composition databank, revision 7.' Department of Nutrition, National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark (2008).
— U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. 2008. USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 21. Nutrient Data Laboratory Home Page.
— Rothwell JA, Pérez-Jiménez J, Neveu V, Medina-Ramon A, M'Hiri N, Garcia Lobato P, Manach C, Knox K, Eisner R, Wishart D, Scalbert A. (2013) Phenol-Explorer 3.0: a major update of the Phenol-Explorer database to incorporate data on the effects of food processing on polyphenol content. Database, 10.1093/database/bat070.
— Shinbo, Y., et al. 'KNApSAcK: a comprehensive species-metabolite relationship database.' Plant Metabolomics. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006. 165-181.