Today I did a second short trip to IKEA (results from the first one are here) and got myself some lingonberry juice (Dryck Lingon) because I’ve already tried the lingonberry jam they have and it’s actually pretty good. The product is actually called a “lingonberry drink” because it does not contain enough fruit content to be legally called a “juice” in Sweden. More precisely, it contains 6.1% (I have no idea if this is by mass or by volume, but I suppose it’s the latter) lingonberry juice and 3.9% red grape juice. So it’s 10% juice and the rest is water and sugar. Dryck Lingon also claims to be organic (“Ekologisk”). According to livestrong.com, this drink contains 36 kcal per 100 ml. All of its calorific value comes from the 9 grams of carbohydrates it contains per 100 ml, which is about 3% of the GDA. Now, my impressions.
Today we were at IKEA doing some Christmas shopping (mostly looking, actually, being the poor students that we are) and eating. The restaurant is not bad at all, and very cheap. They also have this little shop just before the exit with a bunch of Swedish products. You can find sweets, jam, köttbullar (meatballs) and, naturally, salmon – both fresh and smoked. You can also find a series of (mainly) apple-based (i.e. cider) alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages. These are labeled “ekologisk” which, according to the translation on the back, means that it is organic. We’ll come to that a bit later. I chose an “Äppeldryck med Hjortronsmak” (appledrink with cloudberry flavour) and Kynthia chose a “Kolsyrad Pärondryck” (sparkling pear drink). We’ll try to briefly describe our impressions below.
