page_title: Vaccinium vitis-idaea
section_title: Nutritional properties
hierarchical_section_title: Vaccinium vitis-idaea / Culinary uses / Nutritional properties
caption_attribution_description: Norsk bokmål: Tyttebær
context_page_description: Vaccinium vitis-idaea is a short evergreen shrub in the heath family that bears edible fruit, native to boreal forest and Arctic tundra throughout the Northern Hemisphere from Europe and Asia to North America. Lingonberries are picked in the wild and used to accompany a variety of dishes in Northern Baltoscandia, Russia, Canada and Alaska. Commercial cultivation is undertaken in the U.S. Pacific Northwest and in many other regions of the world.
context_section_description: The berries contain plentiful organic acids, vitamin C, vitamin A (as beta carotene), B vitamins (B₁, B₂, B₃), and the elements potassium, calcium, magnesium, and phosphorus.
caption: Ripe lingonberries
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