Vaccinium uliginosum
IQF Frozen Wild Bog Bilberries
Description
Premium IQF frozen wild bog bilberries (bog blueberries, Vaccinium uliginosum), hand-harvested in the mountain bogs and slopes of the Ukrainian Carpathians and processed for professional food manufacturers, distributors and ingredient buyers.
Bog bilberry is not a cultivated plantation blueberry but a wild forest berry. It is easy to tell apart from the wild bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus): bog bilberries are larger, with a bluish bloom, and their flesh is pale — the colour sits in the skin. The flavour is mild, sweet-tart and juicy, without astringency. This makes bog bilberries particularly suitable for products where gentle flavour, juiciness and genuine wild origin matter, while for intense colouring the wild bilberry is the better choice.
The berries are hand-picked at full ripeness and individually quick frozen (IQF) to preserve their structure, colour, flavour and nutrients. They remain loose and free-flowing after freezing, allowing efficient handling, precise dosing and direct use in industrial production.
The product is sorted and cleaned, with stalks, leaves, unripe berries and visible foreign matter removed according to agreed customer specifications. Full batch traceability is available from harvesting area through processing to the finished pallet.
The bog bilberry harvest in the Ukrainian Carpathians runs from late July to August; at higher altitudes picking can continue into September. Exact timing varies each year with weather and altitude. Outside the season, the product is available from frozen stock of the current crop — contact us for up-to-date volumes and loading schedules.
Product specifications
- Product:
- IQF frozen wild bog bilberries
- Botanical name:
- Vaccinium uliginosum
- Origin:
- Ukraine
- Harvesting:
- Hand-harvested wild berries
- Growing environment:
- Mountain bogs and slopes of the Ukrainian Carpathians
- Processing:
- Individually Quick Frozen (IQF)
- Colour:
- Blue-purple skin with bluish bloom, pale flesh
- Fruit:
- Wild bog bilberry, larger than bilberry, juicy
- Cleaning:
- Sorted and cleaned; stalks, leaves, unripe berries and foreign matter removed
- Storage:
- –18 °C or below
- Packaging:
- 25 kg multi-layer paper bags or 400 kg industrial octabins
- Minimum order quantity:
- 500 kg
- Traceability:
- Batch-level traceability from harvest to finished product
- Food safety:
- HACCP-based processing
- Organic:
- Organic-certified lots available on request, subject to availability
- Delivery:
- EU-wide
- Incoterms:
- FCA, DAP or DDP
- Documentation:
- Full export and shipping documentation available
Typical applications
- Bakery fillings and toppings
- Yoghurt and dairy products
- Ice cream and frozen desserts
- Jams, preserves and fruit preparations
- Smoothies, juices and fruit drinks
- Fruit sauces and purées
- Confectionery
- Breakfast products and cereals
- Liqueurs and fruit infusions
- Wild-harvested ingredient products
- Food ingredients and fruit preparations
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FAQs
This premium Carpathian ingredient is available in industrial-grade fresh forms during peak harvest, or as premium Individually Quick Frozen (IQF) selections year-round. Depending on your manufacturing specifications, we can offer the product color-sorted, calibrated by millimeter size, or semi-processed to integrate seamlessly into automated food production lines, dairy manufacturing, or industrial baking applications.
Yes. While fresh, non-frozen batches are strictly tied to our seasonal harvesting calendar, our IQF (Individually Quick Frozen) fruit products are processed at peak nutritional maturity and stored in deep-freeze facilities. This advanced preservation enables us to guarantee a continuous, uninterrupted wholesale supply to our B2B partners 365 days a year, regardless of the crop's calendar season.
To preserve cell structure, flavor profile, and total food safety, strict cold-chain protocols must be followed. Fresh orders require immediate humidity-controlled refrigeration and rapid processing. Our IQF deep-frozen products must be maintained continuously at a stable temperature of -18°C or lower to prevent enzymatic degradation and clustering, ensuring full compliance with international HACCP safety guidelines.
The commercial shelf life depends entirely on the product form. Freshly harvested batches are highly perishable and require immediate food processing or distribution within a few days under refrigeration. Our IQF frozen items possess a robust shelf life of 12 to 24 months when held continuously at -18°C, retaining their natural color, structure, and microbiological stability.
Yes, we operate exclusively as a direct agricultural B2B supplier and wholesale distributor. We specialize in contract manufacturing and large-scale, multi-ton deliveries for food factories, ingredients distributors, and industrial processing plants. Please reach out to our commercial sales office to receive a tailored quotation, specifications sheets, and current Minimum Order Quantity (MOQ) metrics.
While we specialize strictly in heavy-duty wholesale distribution and do not offer retail-ready or private label packaging, we do provide flexible industrial packaging configurations. We can fulfill bulk orders in multi-layer 10kg/25kg industrial paper bags, heavy-gauge plastic crates, or high-capacity octabins tailored to match your specific manufacturing intake systems and shipping requirements.
