“Yellow Goji Berry” Became Chinese Goji Berry Star
In June 30, 2017, located in Ningxia town of Mingsha goji berry manor, a string of sparkling yellow goji berries are covered with branches.
“This 30 acres of” golden goji berry “was introduced last year from the Ningxia Academy of Agricultural Sciences, the golden goji berry has the good-looking appearance, bright color and good taste. There is a strong appeal to the consumers.” The staff said, tourists picking fresh yellow goji berry price 60usd per kilogram.
Yellow goji berry is scarce species in Chinese goji berry. Since 2013, Ningxia Academy of Agricultural Sciences has used individual priority, hybrid breeding, space mutation technology developed yellow goji berry 12 strains, of which the regional test was made for 4 selected strains, demonstration area of 60 acres, bred two new varieties, named “Ning Nongqi No. 4” and “Ning Nongqi No. 5”
Compared with the fruits of red goji berry, yellow goji berry juice has no smell, no bitterness, delicate flesh, and the nutrients show the advantage of the characteristics of low total sugar, low polysaccharide, low carotenoid, high juice yield, high flavonoid, it is goji berry processing especially fresh goji berry juice beverage processing ideal germplasm. Yellow goji berry juice rate reached more than 80%, while red goji berry is only 67.47%; the content of total flavonoids in goji ingredients more than 0.83 mg, 60% higher than the red goji berry.
