BOTANICAL EXTRACT
Cloudberry
A rare Nordic Arctic berry naturally rich in vitamin C and ellagic acid, traditionally valued in skincare for antioxidant protection.
Source
Cloudberry fruit
Used for
Antioxidant-rich botanical care
How it works
Cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus) grows wild across Arctic and subarctic bogland, and is traditionally prized for its unusually high vitamin C content (researchers have measured levels several times higher than in an orange), alongside ellagic acid, a polyphenol antioxidant, and essential fatty acids concentrated in its seed.
Vitamin C and ellagic acid both support the skin's own antioxidant defences, while the seed's fatty-acid content helps maintain moisture.
Cloudberry extract works well in a morning routine, where its antioxidant content complements the day's UV and pollution exposure, and it layers easily with other antioxidant serums and botanicals.
Vitamin C and ellagic acid both support the skin's own antioxidant defences, while the seed's fatty-acid content helps maintain moisture.
Cloudberry extract works well in a morning routine, where its antioxidant content complements the day's UV and pollution exposure, and it layers easily with other antioxidant serums and botanicals.
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Rich in vitamin C and ellagic acid, both antioxidants
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Essential fatty acids from the seed support skin hydration
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A traditional Nordic Arctic ingredient
Questions
What is cloudberry extract?
It is an extract of the fruit of the cloudberry, Rubus chamaemorus, a low-growing northern plant of the rose family (Rosaceae) also known as bakeapple. In cosmetics it is listed as an antioxidant ingredient. (USDA GRIN; COSMILE Europe)
What does cloudberry contain?
The fruit is known for vitamin C and for ellagitannins, plant polyphenols carrying a high level of ellagic acid, which is studied for its antioxidant activity. It is also described as rich in vitamins C, A and E and in antioxidants. (Thiem & Berge, 2003; Svanberg et al., 2025)
What does research on cloudberry show?
Researchers have mapped the berry's chemistry in detail, and a review of northern berries highlights cloudberry as a rich source of ellagitannins, antioxidant polyphenols. (Burlando et al., 2023)
About the plant
Cloudberry is a small herbaceous perennial with a circumpolar range across the northern hemisphere, growing naturally from Britain, Ireland and Scandinavia through the Baltic states, Russia and Siberia to Japan, Alaska, Canada and Greenland. It favours sphagnum bogs, marshes, tundra and boreal forest, habitats that are generally wet, acidic and poor in nutrients. (USDA GRIN; Āboliņa et al., 2023)
The plant is dioecious, so only female plants bear fruit. The berries are red while unripe and turn soft orange as they ripen, and in Sweden cloudberry is the third most important wild berry gathered to eat. (Āboliņa et al., 2023; Svanberg et al., 2025)
The plant is dioecious, so only female plants bear fruit. The berries are red while unripe and turn soft orange as they ripen, and in Sweden cloudberry is the third most important wild berry gathered to eat. (Āboliņa et al., 2023; Svanberg et al., 2025)
The research
- USDA Agricultural Research Service, Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Global). Rubus chamaemorus L. (cloudberry), taxonomy and native distribution (opens in a new tab)
- COSMILE Europe (Cosmetics Europe) cosmetic ingredient database: Rubus Chamaemorus Fruit Extract (function: antioxidant) (opens in a new tab)
- Thiem B, Berge V. Cloudberry: an important source of ellagic acid, an anti-oxidant [in Norwegian]. Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening, 2003. PMID: 12830265 (opens in a new tab)
- Svanberg I, Karlholm A, Ståhlberg S. Gold from nature's pantry: a diachronic study of Rubus chamaemorus L. (Rosaceae) in Swedish gastronomy and economy. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2025. PMID: 41457281 (opens in a new tab)
- Burlando B, Cornara L, Boggia R. Nutraceutical Potential of High-latitude and High-altitude Berries Rich in Ellagitannins. Current Medicinal Chemistry, 2023;30(19). PMID: 35209815 (opens in a new tab)
- Āboliņa L, Osvalde A, Karlsons A. Habitat Characteristics and Mineral Nutrition Status of Rubus chamaemorus L. in Latvia. Plants (Basel), 2023. PMID: 36771613 (opens in a new tab)
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