Blueberry

Product: Frozen blueberries. Production: Poland, Canada Packing: carton 1 / 10 or bag 1 / 25

Bilberry, Blueberry, or ordinary, or Blueberry mirtolistnaya (Latin Vaccínium myrtíllus) — type of perennial low-growing shrubs of the genus Vaccinium family Ericaceae.

The scientific genus name comes from the Latin vacca — «cow» on the suitability of certain types of leaves for fodder.

The generic name is a diminutive of myrtillus myrtus — «myrtle, the similarity of plants with little myrtle

Russian name «huckleberry» happened because they are black hands and mouth.

Bilberry is widespread in the Urals, in Siberia, European part of Russia in the Caucasus.

Blueberry — very healing berry, it contains up to 6% sugar, up to 7% - tannins, citric and malic acid is vitamin C, carotene, trace elements and organic dye — antotsin. B. Blueberries contain 6 mg% sodium, 51 mg% potassium, 16 mg% calcium, 6 mg% magnesium, 13 mg% of phosphorus, 7 mg% of iron, manganese.

Blueberry juice is a food dye, and previously produced from the purple and purple paint for artists, and mixing with other substances — dyes for fabric and paper.

Medical use of fresh and frozen blueberries:

Blueberries can exacerbate night vision. It is especially useful for people whose professional activities require a large load on sight.
When dysentery blueberry juice should be used as an astringent.
In folk medicine, bilberry is used for sore throat, gemorroynyh bleeding, renal stone disease, gout, rheumatism.
Frozen blueberries are widely used in the confectionery industry for making confitures, jams and fillings for pies, for ice-cream.