Fruit
Cloudberry
Cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus) is an amber-gold arctic berry with a tart-sweet, honeyed, slightly floral flavour unlike raspberry or blackberry. Berries are soft, seedy, and rare—hand-picked on northern bogs—so they command high prices as jam, liqueur, and dessert garnish. Nordic and Canadian kitchens spoon cloudberry jam with cream, pancakes, and game. Fresh fruit is seldom far from harvest zones; preserved forms dominate trade. Flavour is delicate—avoid heavy spice that buries it.
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Nutrition
Typical values per 100 g edible portion. Nutrient names open the reference page.
Nutrition Facts
Per 100 g edible portion
Amount per 100 g
- Total Fat 0.3 g
- Saturated Fat 0.05 g
- Trans Fat 0 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 0.1 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0.11 g
- Cholesterol 0 mg
- Sodium 4.91 mg
- Salt 0.01 g
- Total Carbohydrate 13 g
- Dietary Fibre 1.88 g
- Total Sugars 10.1 g
- Complex / starch 1.04 g
- Protein 0.83 g
- Water 86.3 g
- Energy 56.2 kcal
- Water 86.3 g
- Carbohydrates 13 g
- Sugars 10.1 g
- Monosaccharides 7.06 g
- Disaccharides 3.02 g
- Starch 1.04 g
- Amylose 0.26 g
- Amylopectin 0.78 g
- Digestible Starch 0.88 g
- Resistant Starch 0.1 g
- Fibre 1.88 g
- Soluble Fibre 0.66 g
- Insoluble Fibre 1.22 g
- Protein 0.83 g
- Plant Protein 0.79 g
- Fat 0.3 g
- Saturated Fat 0.05 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 0.1 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0.11 g
- Vitamins 94.5 mg
- Vitamin A 20 µg
- Vitamin B1 — Thiamine 0.03 mg
- Vitamin B2 — Riboflavin 0.04 mg
- Vitamin B3 — Niacin 0.39 mg
- Vitamin B5 — Pantothenic Acid 0.19 mg
- Vitamin B6 0.08 mg
- Vitamin B7 — Biotin 0.9 µg
- Vitamin B9 — Folate 14.1 µg
- Vitamin C 54 mg
- Vitamin E 0.28 mg
- Vitamin K 4.5 µg
- Minerals 530 mg
- Major Minerals 523 mg
- Trace Minerals 6.8 mg
- Salt 0.01 g
- Sodium Chloride 0.01 g
Vitamins
vitamin-c: 54 · vitamin-a: 20 · vitamin-b1-thiamine: 0.03 · vitamin-b2-riboflavin: 0.04 · vitamin-b3-niacin: 0.39 · vitamin-b5-pantothenic-acid: 0.19 · vitamin-b6: 0.08 · vitamin-b7-biotin: 0.9 · vitamin-b9-folate: 14.1 · vitamin-e: 0.28 · vitamin-k: 4.5 ·
Minerals
Sodium: 4.91 · Potassium: 449 · Calcium: 69 · Iron: 1.4 · Zinc: 0.4 · Iodine: 5 ·
Fruit energy is mostly natural sugars with fibre and vitamin C varying by species.
History
Sámi and other northern peoples gathered cloudberries as a vitamin-rich seasonal fruit.
Scandinavian households preserved cloudberries in sugar as a prized winter preserve.
Commercial cloudberry jam and liqueur built a Nordic specialty export niche.
Fine dining and Nordic cuisine movements put cloudberry on international dessert menus.