Lingonberry juice

Lingonberry juice is juice made of lingonberries. Lingonberry juice does not need preservatives like other juices as lingonberries contain benzoic acid.

Drinking lingonberry juice can reduce the risk for urinary tract infection, according to a study made by the University Hospital in Oulu, Finland.^[1]

Vargtass is a cocktail made of vodka and lingonberry juice.

It has its deepest roots in the boreal forests of Northern Europe, particularly in Scandinavia/Sweden and Russia. And in Sweden and Russia, the earliest form of lingonberry juice was simply "watered lingonberries" (vattlingon). People would harvest the berries in autumn and place them whole into glass bottles or wooden barrels filled with water. The berries would keep the water fresh, creating a tart, refreshing infusion that was used throughout the winter to prevent scurvy. ^{[citation needed]}