**General Information about
the Goji Berry, Goji Juice, Goji and Goji Berries

(Allgemeine Informationen über
Die Goji Berry, Goji Saft, Goji und Goji Berries)



**Goji Berry, Goji, Goji Juice Goji Berries
** Vorherrschende Berry, gehalten, gehalten gehalten Beeren Saft

The Goji Berry is also know as Wolfberry.
Die Goji Berry ist auch bekannt als Wolfberry.

 
(The words wolfberry and goji berry are interchanged frequently in this resource. All information was obtained from wikipedia.)

Wolfberry is the common name for the fruit of two very closely related species: Lycium barbarum and L. chinense

Wolfberry species currently grow in many regions of the world regions. However, only in China is there significant commercial cultivation.

According to the United States Department of Agriculture the Wolfberry is also known as Chinese wolfberry, goji berry, barbary matrimony vine, bocksdorn, cambronera, Duke of Argyll's tea tree, or matrimony vine. The names Tibetan goji and Himalayan goji are in common use in the health food market for products from this plant.

Renowned in Asia as a highly nutritious food, wolfberries (goji berries)  have been used in traditional Chinese medicine for about 1,900 years. Their undocumented legend is much older, as wolfberries (goji berries) are often linked in Chinese lore.

Since the early 21st century, the United States and other developed countries, have recognized wolfberries (the goji berry, goji berries) for their nutrient richness and antioxidant properties.  This recognition has lead to a profusion of consumer products, such as goji juice, dried goji berries and various other food products.  Goji is even found in skin care lines. 

Such rapid commercial development extends from wolfberry having a high ranking among "superfruits" expected to be part of a billion dollar market by 2011.

(Superfruit, a marketing term used in the food and beverage industry that refers to a common or rare exotic fruit having exceptional nutrient density, antioxidant properties and usually with a unique taste.

Superfruits have been developed mainly as juices, but also appear as ingredients for functional food products, confectioneries, cosmetics, energy drinks, and dietary supplements.)

The oblong, red berries are very tender and must be picked carefully or shaken from the vine into trays to avoid spoiling. The fruits are preserved by slowly drying them in the shade on air exchange tablets or by mechanical dehydration employing a progressively increasing series of heat exposure over 48 hours.

Wolfberries are celebrated each August in Ningxia with an annual festival coinciding with the berry harvest (it was first held in Ningxia's capital, Yinchuan, but is now held in Zhongning County, an important center of wolfberry cultivation for the region).

The names "Himalayan Goji berry" and "Tibetan Goji berry" are common in the global health food market.

 
 
 
**All Information on this page was gathered and obtained for your convenience through the information provided at Wikipedia.  Please visit Wikipedia for more research on goji, himalayan goji berries, tibetan goji berries, goji juice, goji products and the goji berry.  Visit the following for the resource: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfberry

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