Ingredient Index — World Ingredient Index

Fruit

Lingonberry fruit is the whole small red berry as harvested—glossy skin, tart pulp, tiny seeds—sold fresh in season, frozen year-round, or already sugared for sauce. Wild Nordic berries often taste brighter than cultivated plots; both keep a firm snap when properly handled. Cooks use whole berries for sauces that still show shape, for baking where they hold like currants, and for freezing in a single layer. Sort out leaves and unripe pale fruit. Sugar or gentle heat softens astringency without erasing forest character.

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Quantity

Unit

Kg Liters Whole

Note

Characteristics

Preparations

CookedDriedFreshRaw

Traits

JuicyPrimary YieldVersatile

Nutrition

Typical values per 100 g edible portion. Nutrient names open the reference page.

Nutrition Facts

Per 100 g edible portion

Calories 56.6

Amount per 100 g

Total Fat 0.29 g
Saturated Fat 0.05 g
Trans Fat 0 g
Monounsaturated Fat 0.1 g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.1 g
Cholesterol 0 mg
Sodium 5.15 mg
Salt 0.01 g
Total Carbohydrate 12.7 g
Dietary Fibre 2.02 g
Total Sugars 9.43 g
Complex / starch 1.01 g
Protein 0.77 g
Water 80.4 g

Detailed nutrients

Energy 56.6 kcal
Water 80.4 g
Carbohydrates 12.7 g
- Sugars 9.43 g
- Starch 1.01 g
- Fibre 2.02 g
Protein 0.77 g
Fat 0.29 g
- Saturated Fat 0.05 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 0.1 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0.1 g
  - Omega-3 0.01 g
Vitamins 37.7 mg
- Vitamin A 15 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 1 µg
- Vitamin B9 — Folate 14.1 µg
- Vitamin C 2 mg
- Vitamin E 0.28 mg
- Vitamin K 4.6 µg
Minerals 231 mg
- Major Minerals 229 mg
  - Calcium 22 mg
  - Sodium 5.15 mg
  - Potassium 202 mg
- Trace Minerals 1.5 mg
  - Iron 1.5 mg
Salt 0.01 g

Vitamins

vitamin-c: 2 · vitamin-a: 15 · 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: 1 · vitamin-b9-folate: 14.1 · vitamin-e: 0.28 · vitamin-k: 4.6 ·

Minerals

Sodium: 5.15 · Potassium: 202 · Calcium: 22 · Iron: 1.5 ·

Fruit of Lingonberry: composition reflects this culinary part relative to the whole ingredient.

History

1800

Market fruit grades and whole-fruit cookery shaped global produce trade.