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Lingonberry

Vaccinium vitis-idaeaAlso called vaccinium vitis-idaea, cowberry, partridgeberry and foxberry

Lingonberry is a fruit that tastes sour when raw. Cooks use it raw, boil or simmer it, stew it, or preserve it. It pairs with sugar, pear, and liver.

  • Plant-based
  • Gluten-free
  • No listed allergens

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Category
Fruit
Part used
Fruit
Family
Ericaceae
Cooked most in
Europe
Top country
Sweden
Lingonberry, plant

Photo: Jonas Bergsten · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use lingonberry

Typical ways to cook or use it

  • Boil simmer
  • Preserve
  • Raw
  • Stew

Goes well with

Flavour

Taste and texture

Taste, raw profile of lingonberry

Sweet0 out of 5
Sour4 out of 5
Salty0 out of 5
Bitter0 out of 5
Umami0 out of 5

Around the world

Where lingonberry is cooked

1 dish in the catalogue uses lingonberry. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Countries whose dishes use it most

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list lingonberry among their ingredients.

Origins

Native to
Europe, Asia, Americas

  1. The 1960s · Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Poland, United States and Latvia

    Commercial lingonberry cultivation in these countries dates back to the 1960s.

On the table

Dishes made with lingonberry

1 dish in the catalogue uses it.

  • Äggakaka

    Sweden

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include lingonberry.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: lingonberry in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.
Allergens
None of the 15 listed allergens foundChecked and not found: soy, eggs, fish, milk, lupin, wheat, celery, sesame, mustard, peanuts, molluscs, sulphites, tree nuts, crustaceans, gluten cereals.
Animal origin
No animal ingredients foundChecked and not found: egg, fish, meat, dairy, honey, insect, gelatin, poultry, bone char, shellfish, other animal, animal fining, animal rennet.
Gluten
None
Alcohol
None
Caffeine
None
Pork
None

Cooked together

Ingredients that go into the same catalogued dishes.
Photo credits for this page (6)

Around the world

What lingonberry is called

Names in 115 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    Vaccinium vitis-idaea · Vaccinium vitis idaea · Rhodococcum vitis-idaea · Vaccinium punctatum var. ellipticum

  • French

    airelle rouge · Vaccinium vitis-idaea vitis-idaea

  • Italian

    Vaccinium vitis-idaea · mirtillo rosso · vite d'orso

  • Portuguese

    Vaccinium vitis-idaea · Lingonberry

  • German

    Preiselbeere · Vaccinium vitis-idaea · Kronsbeere · Riffelbeere

  • Dutch

    Vaccinium vitis-idaea · rode bosbes · vossenbes · vossebes

  • Turkish

    Vaccinium vitis-idaea

  • Russian

    брусника · Vaccinium vitis-idaea · Rhodococcum vitis-idaea · брусника обыкновенная

  • Polish

    borówka brusznica · Vaccinium vitis-idaea · brusznica

  • Arabic

    عنب الثور · ايدا اريزا · عنبية حمراء · الحشيشة الحمراء

  • Persian

    لینگوبری · کوبری

  • Hindi

    लिंगौबेरी

Show all 115 languages

  • Albanian

    Vaccinium vitis-idaea · boronica

  • Aragonese

    Vaccinium vitis-idaea

  • Armenian

    հապալասենի սովորական

  • Asturian

    Vaccinium vitis-idaea

  • azb

    مرجانگی‌له

  • Azerbaijani

    Mərcangilə

  • Bangla

    লিঙ্গনবেরি · কাউবেরি

  • Bashkir

    Ҡыҙыл көртмәле

  • Basque

    Vaccinium vitis-idaea

  • Bavarian

    Grant · Glanen

  • Belarusian

    брусніцы · Vaccinium vitis-idaea

  • Belarusian (Taraskievica orthography)

    брусьніцы

  • Bosnian

    brusnica

  • Brazilian Portuguese

    Vaccinium vitis-idaea

  • Bulgarian

    червена боровинка · Боровинка червена · Vaccinium vitis-idaea

  • Buriat

    Алирhан · Vaccinium vitis-idaea

  • Cantonese

    紅果子

  • Catalan

    Vaccinium vitis-idaea · Nabiu vermell

  • Cebuano

    Vaccinium vitis-idaea

  • Chinese

    越橘 · 紅豆 · 溫普 · 北國紅豆

  • Chuvash

    Кĕтмел

  • Croatian

    Europska brusnica

  • Czech

    brusnice brusinka · Vaccinium vitis-idaea · brusinka obecná · brusinka

  • Danish

    tyttebær · Art af Tyttebær · Vaccinium vitis-idaea · Arktisk Tyttebær

  • Egyptian Arabic

    عنب الثور

  • Esperanto

    Ruĝa vakcinio

  • Estonian

    harilik pohl · Vaccinium vitis-idaea · palukas · pohl

  • Extremaduran

    Vaccinium vitis-idaea

  • Finnish

    puolukka · Vaccinium vitis-idaea

  • Galician

    arandeira rubia · arando rubio · arandeira vermella · arando vermello

  • Georgian

    წითელი მოცვი

  • Hungarian

    vörös áfonya · Vaccinium vitis-idaea

  • Icelandic

    Rauðberjalyng

  • Ido

    Vaccinium vitis-idaea

  • Igbo

    Vaccinium vitis-idaea

  • Inari Sami

    juŋŋâ · Vaccinium vitis-idaea

  • Indonesian

    Odang sapi

  • Ingush

    Ецхам

  • Interlingua

    Vaccinium vitis-idaea

  • Interlingue

    Vaccinium vitis-idaea

  • Inupiaq

    Kimmigñaq · Kikmiññaq · Vaccinium vitis-idaea

  • Irish

    bódhearc · Bódhearg

  • Japanese

    コケモモ · 苔桃 · Vaccinium vitis-idaea · ヒロハコケモモ

  • Javanese

    Lingonbéri

  • Kalaallisut

    Kimmernaq

  • Kashubian

    Bòrówka

  • Kazakh

    Итбүлдірген

  • Kazakh (Arabic)

    ىيتبۇلدىرگەن

  • Kazakh (China)

    ىيتبۇلدىرگەن

  • Kazakh (Cyrillic)

    Итбүлдірген

  • Kazakh (Kazakhstan)

    Итбүлдірген

  • Kazakh (Latin)

    Ïtbüldirgen

  • Kazakh (Türkiye)

    Ïtbüldirgen

  • Komi

    Пув · Vaccinium vitis-idaea

  • Komi-Permyak

    Пув · Vaccinium vitis-idaea

  • Korean

    월귤 · 월귤나무 · 링고베리 · 땅들쭉

  • Latin

    Vaccinium vitis-idaea

  • Latvian

    brūklene · Vaccinium vitis-idaea · Rhodococcum vitis-idaea

  • Lithuanian

    bruknė · Vaccinium vitis-idaea · Paprastoji bruknė

  • lld

    Granëtes

  • Lombard

    Vaccinium vitis-idaea

  • Low German

    Kroonsbeer

  • Low Saxon

    vossebeze

  • Lower Sorbian

    Pogjarzlina

  • Lule Sami

    jågŋå · Vaccinium vitis-idaea

  • Luxembourgish

    Rout Molbier · Airelle · Krällebier · Preiselbier

  • Macedonian

    Црвена боровинка

  • Malay

    Lingon

  • Malayalam

    വാക്സിനിയം വിറ്റിസ്-ഐഡൈയെ

  • Mari

    Vaccinium vitis-idaea

  • Mongolian

    Аньс

  • Northern Sami

    jokŋa · Vaccinium vitis-idaea

  • Norwegian Bokmål

    tyttebær · Vaccinium vitis-idaea · tyte · tyta

  • Norwegian Nynorsk

    tytebær · Vaccinium vitis-idaea · tyttebær · tyteber

  • Occitan

    Vaccinium vitis-idaea

  • Odia

    ଲିଙ୍ଗୋବେରୀ

  • Ossetic

    Мæцкъуы · Vaccinium vitis-idaea · Мæцкъу · Скъелду

  • Pashto

    لینگوبېری

  • Punjabi

    ਲਿੰਗੋਬੈਰੀ

  • rmf

    Vaccinium vitis-idaea

  • Romanian

    Merișor · Vaccinium vitis idaea · Vaccinium vitis-idaea · Merișoare

  • Samogitian

    Bruknė

  • Saterland Frisian

    Krounsbäie

  • Scots

    Vaccinium vitis-idaea

  • Serbian

    Брусница (биљна врста)

  • Simplified Chinese

    越橘

  • Simplified Chinese (China)

    越橘

  • Simplified Chinese (Singapore)

    越橘

  • sjd

    ёӈӈ · Vaccinium vitis-idaea

  • sje

    jågŋå · Vaccinium vitis-idaea

  • sju

    Vaccinium vitis-idaea

  • Skolt Sami

    joŋŋ · Vaccinium vitis-idaea

  • Slovak

    brusnica obyčajná · brusnica pravá · čučoriedka brusnicová · brusnica čučoriedka pravá

  • Slovenian

    brusnica · Vaccinium vitis-idaea

  • Southern Sami

    joknge · Vaccinium vitis-idaea

  • Swedish

    lingon · Vaccinium vitis-idaea · lingonris · linbär

  • Swiss German

    Preisubeeri

  • Tatar

    нарат җиләге

  • Thai

    ลิงงอนเบอร์รี

  • Tornedalen Finnish

    Vaccinium vitis-idaea

  • Traditional Chinese

    越橘

  • Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China)

    越橘

  • Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)

    越橘

  • Tuvinian

    Киш-кулаа

  • Udmurt

    Ягмульы · Vaccinium vitis-idaea

  • Ukrainian

    брусниця · Vaccinium vitis-idaea · Rhodococcum vitis-idaea

  • Upper Sorbian

    Brusnica

  • Uzbek

    Brusnika

  • Veps

    Bol

  • Vietnamese

    Vaccinium vitis-idaea

  • Volapük

    Vaccinium vitis-idaea

  • Võro

    Palohk

  • Waray

    Vaccinium vitis-idaea

  • Welsh

    Llusen goch

  • Western Frisian

    Foksebei

  • Western Mari

    Изивӧчӹж · Vaccinium vitis-idaea

  • Wu Chinese

    越橘

  • Yakut

    Отон

Sources and credits

Data

  • GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
  • Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
  • Wikimedia Commons: photos
  • Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Wikidata item: Q93235

Photos

Photo: Jonas Bergsten · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons