Field ethnographic materials, collected in the regions of Lori, Tavush, Syunik and Lori in 2009–2023, indicate that the use of berries in the Armenian nutrition system has changed. Unlike the traditional system in which they were used as components of dishes, already in the middle of the 20th century, as a result of the availability of sugar and introduction of new technologies, berries became ingredients mainly for making candies.

Keywordswild berries nutrition system sugar candies social and economic situation market relations.