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Lingonberry on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Lingonberry is one of the berries. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 571 products, most often in sweets.

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Does lingonberry contain an allergen?

Lingonberry is not one of the allergens that food labels must declare in the US, the UK, Europe or the Gulf. Open Food Facts does not link it to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one.

Is lingonberry vegan?

Yes. Lingonberry is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.

VeganFits youNothing from an animal, by the Open Food Facts record.
VegetarianFits youNothing from an animal, by the Open Food Facts record.

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What other names does lingonberry have on a label?

In English lingonberry can also read “lingonberries”, “cowberry” or “cowberries”. On European labels it is “airelle” in French, “Preiselbeere” in German and “Arándanos agrios” in Spanish. The other 7 languages are listed below.

In Englishlingonberriescowberrycowberriesfoxberryfoxberriesmountain xrymountain cranberriesred whortleberry
French
airelle, airelles
German
Preiselbeere, Preiselbeeren
Spanish
Arándanos agrios
Italian
mirtillo rosso, mirtilli rossi
Dutch
vossebes, rode bosbes
Polish
borówka brusznica, borówka czerwona
Swedish
lingon
Danish
tyttebær
Norwegian
tyttebær
Finnish
Puolukka

Which foods contain lingonberry?

Open Food Facts lists lingonberry or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 571 products, most often sweets, biscuits and cakes and breakfast cereals. Most of them are sold in France, Germany and Italy.

  • Sweets99
  • Biscuits and cakes45
  • Breakfast cereals45
  • Fruit31
  • Dried fruit28
  • Ready meals28

Products with it, by country of sale: France 184 · Germany 143 · Italy 107 · Belgium 43.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where lingonberry turns up, not how much of the market it is.

What kind of ingredient is lingonberry?

Lingonberry is one of the berries.

Kinds of lingonberryWild lingonberryLingonberry juice

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An allergen is stated only when two of three checks agree: the Open Food Facts record, Bravoora’s label checker, and the ingredient’s own name or family (oat flour is oats, a cheese is milk). Every name where they disagree waits for a person to review it.

  1. Open Food Facts: Lingonberry
  2. Open Food Facts: ingredients taxonomy (names, family tree, allergen and vegan flags), ODbL
  3. Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL

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