Ningxia is the optimal origin of goji berry, and goji berries are also planted in Zhongning, Huinong, and other places. Ningxia is named as the hometown of goji berry. At present, there are many fakes of goji berries in the market, but it is also very simple to identify the pure Ningxia goji berries. Here are 5 ways to tell us how to observe.
1.To compare the appearance. – The goji berries from Ningxia are long and flat.
The goji berries from Zhongning, Ningxia are long and flat. while others are short and round.
2.To observe the color. – The goji berries from Ningxia are dark purple.
The goji berries from Zhongning are dark purple with white dot on the top of pedicle, and they are easy to be distinguished from others.
3.To measure the proportion. – The fruits of Ningxia goji berry tea will float on water.
Goji berries from Zhongning will not sink soon after put into a cup of boiling water.
4.To pinch them. – Goji berries from Ningxia will not cake.
Pinching is better than one hundred looks. Goji berries will disperse easily without caking after a handful pinched.
5.To taste. – goji berries from Ningxia are sweet but not sick.
Goji berries are sweet, pure without bitterness or other odor after tasted.We can also find some goji berries from Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang in the market. Goji berries from Inner Mongolia are big, oblong, sweet, dark red with heavy fruit, the water will become red after soaking them, and they are easy to sink. While goji berries from Xinjiang are round and very sweet, they are red when fresh and then dark, they are easy to be soft and with heavy fruit, after soaked in water, the water will become red and the fruits are easy to sink.
Quality division of goji berries
1.Goji berries can be divided into summer fruit and autumn fruit with different dry and wet hardness. The fruits in autumn are always soft and dark. Attention: bright fruits are often smoked with sulfur, their nutrients are different from which in normal fruits.
2.Goji berries can be divided by levels. The super means the best fruits which contains 250 grains of fruits every 50G. Zhongning no.1 and no.2 and others have different tastes. Better goji berries are sweet withoutmiscellaneous flavor.
3.The super goji berries are uniform red without black dots, while the worse goji berries are miscellaneous with many black dots.
