BILBERRY POWDER 100%

Wild bilberries typically grow in a fir forest. It thrives on fresh wood-covered ground, on the shores, pine marshes and fells. Bilberry twigs are light green in colour and the ripe berries are dark blue. The season for bilberries continues from July until early September. Bilberry has a strong and delicious flavour although the berry is not very rich in sugar. The berries contain a lot of flavonoids, carotene, vitamins B6 and C, as well as magnesium. A true health berry!

According to the latest research, bilberry contains large quantities of fenolic compounds, such as flavonoids, hydroxy-cinnamon acids and hydroxybenzoic acids. Due to the high contents of fenolic compounds, bilberry is highly antioxidizing. Our hand picked Bilberry from the Arctic region has a higher content of anthocyanins,  about five times as high as that of the cultivated bilberry. Delfinidine, malvidine, petunidine, cyanidine and peonidine are the main antocyanins indentified in the berries.

Traditionally, bilberry has been used for diverse problems in the functions of the intestines as well as for typhus, infections of the mouth, skin and urinary tracts, gout and rheumatism. Tea made of dried berries was used as a contracting substance for diarrhea and dysentry, as a diuretic, cooling and nourishing medication, to prevent scurvy and to reduce bleeding.

Antioxidants in the food and diets containing lots of vegetables and fruit increase longevity, reduce cardiovascular diseases as well as counteract cancer. Wild bilberry has also been used to reduce the stress on eyes and to support better visual functions of the eye.