Forest blueberries and cultivated blueberries belong to the same genus, but are only distantly related and differ in many ways. Forest blueberries are tastier and smaller than cultivated blueberries. In addition, the wild berries are found close to the ground in the forest. Cultivated blueberries, on the other hand, are cultivated. In addition, the fruit of the wild blueberry is smaller (up to 1 cm smaller fruit) and are dark blue to purple in colour due to the pigments they contain, the so-called anthocyanins. Cultivated blueberries have a pale flesh and therefore hardly colour at all. They also taste less aromatic.