1. Wolfberry Description:
Wolfberry is the common name for the fruit of two very closely related species: Lycium barbarum and L. chinense, two species of boxthorn in the family Solanaceae. Wolfberry species currently grow in many world regions. Only in China, however, is there significant commercial cultivation. It is also known as Chinese wolfberry, goji berry, barbary matrimony vine, bocksdorn, Duke of Argyll's tea tree, or matrimony vine.
1). Renowned in Asia as one of nature's most nutritionally dense foods,
wolfberries have been used in traditional Chinese medicine for nearly 2,000 years. This special herb comes from from Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, and the Tian Shan Mountains of western Xinjiang, China.
2). Wolfberries have long played important roles in traditional Chinese medicine where they are believed to enhance immune system function, improve eyesight, protect the liver, boost sperm production and improve circulation, among other effects. In TCM terms, wolfberries are sweet in taste and neutral in nature. They act on the liver, lungs, and kidneys and enrich yin. They can be eaten raw, consumed as juice or wine, brewed into an herbal tea.
3). Wolfberry fruits also contain zeaxanthin, an important dietary carotenoid selectively absorbed into the retinal macula lutea where it is thought to provide antioxidant and protective light-filtering roles. A human supplementation trial showed that daily intake of wolfberries increased plasma levels of zeaxanthin. Several published studies, have also reported possible medicinal benefits of Lycium barbarum, especially due to its antioxidant properties, including potential benefits against cardiovascular and inflammatory diseases, vision-related diseases (such as age-related macular degeneration and glaucoma), having neuroprotective properties or as an anticancer and immunomodulatory agent.
4). As a food, dried wolfberries are traditionally cooked before consumption. Dried wolfberries are often added to rice congee, as well as used in Chinese tonic soups, in combination with chicken or pork, vegetables, and other herbs.
Various wines containing wolfberries are also produced, including some that are a blend of grape wine and wolfberries.
2. How do we produce dried goji ? :
1) Dewaxing by dietary alkali thus make the content be well kept.
2) Select and classify automatically to ensure the supplying.
3)High-temperature drying to avoid the pollution that outdoors drying would cause.
3. Nutrition Facts:
Contain 18 amino acids.
Contain 21 trace minerals.Contain more protein than whole wheat.
Contain B-complex vitamins.
Contain a complete spectrum of antioxidant carotenoids, including beta-carotene and zeaxanthin. Goji berries are the richest source of carotenoids of all known foods.
Contain Vitamin C at higher level than even those found in oranges.
4. Benefits of Goji Berry:
Support eye health and improve your vision.
Support healthy liver function.
Support normal kidney function.
Maintain healthy blood pressure.
Reduce cholesterol.
Make you feel and look younger.
5. Usage Guide.
Wolfberries could be used directly, and do not need to be rehydrated prior to use. The berries are also boiled as an herbal tea, often along with chrysanthemum and/or red jujubes, and packaged teas are also available.
6. Ways of Eating:
1). Chew: Chew 10-15 gram of fruits every morning and evening.
2). Tea: Boil 15-gram wolfberry fruits, make a wolfberry tea and drink it every day. It helps to alleviate the effects of high blood pressure and high blood sugar.Take 6 gram of wolfberry fruits and 6 gram of chrysanthemum (Flos chrysanthemi, L) to make a tea. It helps to alleviate blurry vision.Take 4 or 5 wolfberry fruits, green tea, sugar, raisins, walnuts, date, democarpus langan lour fruit, hawthorn, and ziayphus jujuba mill fruits, to make an eight-ingredients tea (Chinese call it eight treasure tea).
3). Wine: Put 25 gram of wolfberry fruits and some Chinese cooking wine in a bottle or a jar and carefully seal it. It is ready to use after 30 or 60 days. Drink once per day. It helps to alleviate teary eyes.Take 200 gram of wolfberry fruits and 1 liter of Chinese white wine and seal them in a bottle or a jar. Ready to use in 10 days.
4). Stew or steam with meat: Stew pork, beef, chicken or fish, add 15-25 gram of wolfberry fruits 10 minutes before the meat is done. You may steam fish or chicken with wolfberry fruits as well.
5). Rice soup: Take 50 gram of wolfberry fruits and 100 gram of rice and add some sugar to make rice soup.
6). Cereal: Mix 15 gram of wolfberry fruits with cereal to make a healthy breakfast.
7). Bread or muffin: Use wolfberry fruits to make a banana bread or muffins just like raisins. Wolfberry bread provides more nutrients than raisins.
6. Packing Of Goji Berry Tea
1). Triangle(Pyramid) Nylon Tea Bags Packing
2-3g in a pyramid nylon tea bag, zipperlock bag for outer packing. Private tag and brand for outer packing are welcomed.
2). Zipperlock Bag/Can Packing
50g, 100g bulk goji berry tea in a zipperlock bag/plastic container or customerized. Private label packing are welcomed.
7. Storage of Goji Berry Tea:
Avoid Direct Sunlight, Keep in Clean, Ventilator, Shady and No odor Place