Goji berry

Lycium spp.

fruit

Small elongated red berries, sold dried, of the wolfberry, a shrub found from Europe to Asia; known to the ancients, it came back to us with the rise of China. They provide zeaxanthin, anthocyanins and quercetin.

Origin

China (Ningxia)

Season (United States)

imported · all year round

Preparation

Dried, they are eaten as they are, or soaked for ten minutes in warm water before going into a dish or a tea. If you take an anticoagulant (warfarin), no daily juice or tea: the berry can strengthen its effect.

Molecules

Anthocyanins · Flavonols (quercetin) · Lutein and zeaxanthin

Did you know?

The word “goji” was coined by a North American ethnobotanist, Bradley Dobos; as for the wolfberry, it is a cousin of the tomato.