The goji berries goods must be no seeds, no impurities, no insects, no mildew. Under this premise, goji berries can be divided into grades according to colors of fruits and size of grains from different fruits. At present, thegrading standard is according to People’s Republic of China ZBB38001-90, goji berries are divided into super grade, grade A, B, C, and D.

The super grades with more sugariness are oval or long oval, the fruits are red and smooth. Every 50 g plant produces 370 fruits with uniform sizes, no oil, and broken grains.

The grade A with more sugariness are oval or long oval, the fruits are red and smooth. Every 50 g plant produces less than 580 fruits with no oil, and broken grains.

The grade B with more sugariness are oval or long oval, the fruits are red and smooth. Every 50 g plant produces less than 900 fruits with no oil, and broken grains.

Every 50 g plant of the grade C with more sugariness produces less than 1120 fruits, and the broken grains are less than 15%.

The grade D with more sugariness are different in colors. The fruits are unlimited, with less than 30% of oil and broken grains. They are also called“oil plants”.

Besides the above standards, the Zhongning goji berries are added a standard of “tribute” fruit, every 50 g plant produces less than 250 fruits.

Xinjiang goji berries grown in Tori Township, Jinghe can be divided into 3 levels, the followings are the standards of all levels.

The grade A with 280-320 fruits every plants are bright red color, no cakingand non-toxic, the impurity content is less than 196, and the moisture contentis 10% – 12%.

The grade B with 370-400 fruits every plants are bright red color, no cakingand non-toxic, the impurity content is less than 1%, and the moisture contentis 10% – 12%.

The grade C with more than 550 fruits every plants are bright red color, no caking and non-toxic, the impurity content is less than 1%, and the moisture content is 10% – 12%.

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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.

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Ningxia goji berry cultivation history has been for thousands of years. Here sunny, effective accumulated temperature is high, the temperature difference between day and night, It is located in Liupan Mountain and the Yellow River junction, where the soil is alluvial soil torrents, extremely rich in mineral content. Here humus-rich, high ripening, irrigation facilities, unique water quality. It is this unique geographical environment and small regional climate, provide the most superior natural environment for the goji berry growth. Making Ningxia become the birthplace of Chinese goji berry.Therefore, Ningxia is also known as the “World Goji berry town”.

Ningxia goji berry has the characteristics of large size, bright color, thin peel, flesh thick, taste pure, sweet and refreshing. Has the best quality of similar products in China. Is the only one goji berry variety that is loaded into the new Chinese Pharmacopoeia. Ming Li, written in the “compendium of Materia Medica” records: Spring picking Goji leaves, called sun fine grass; summer picking flowers, known as longevity grass; autumn harvest fruit, called Goji berry; winter mining roots, called Digupi.

According to historical records, Ningxia goji berry first natural reproduction in Changle fort , Yongkang fort, Xuanhe fort etc. on the Yellow River, and later through improved by generations of breeding. Later, people have succeeded in cultivating a lot of excellent varieties of Chinese goji berry, and gradually introduced to other parts of china. Today, more than twenty provinces in China and Europe, Mediterranean countries, North America, Eastern Europe and other places planted goji berry, whose ancestors are mostly “Ningxia goji berry”.

Although goji berry has been across the country, however, with the exception of Ningxia goji berry is most famous, known as the best Chinese goji berry, the fundamental reason is here the day favorable terrain, and the farmer’s intensive cultivation.

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