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The light green twig of the crowberry with its black berries thrives on hilly crofts, marshes, even in the barren marshy forests and expanses of Lapland. The berries are shiny dark blue or black and they contain six to nine reddish-brown seeds. The sub-spieces of empetrum hermafroditum growing in the Arctic region has larger berries and a better crop. The season for crowberries starts in July and continues till the first snow.

The people of Lapland a have traditionally used the wild crowberry to prevent scurvy, overexertion and headaches. Tradition also claims the crowberry juice be healthy for the kidneys.

Wild crowberry contains a lot of vitamins and fibers. They are also rich in flavonoids, such as flavonoles and antocyans. In addition to promoting health, these components also give the berry its typical dark blue colour. The skin of the berry contains flavonoids and other fenolic compounds. Therefore, it is important to use the whole berry with its skin and seeds. Many studies indicate that the fenolic compounds with heavy antioxidant features promote health.