What are the methods for identifying wolfberries?

What are the methods for identifying wolfberries?

I believe that many of my friends have the habit of eating wolfberries in daily life, because it is very beneficial for people with weak constitution, and it can also achieve the effect of strengthening the body for ordinary people, so it is good to eat some wolfberries in moderation in the diet. But there are real and fake wolfberries. Buying authentic wolfberries can bring more nutrition to the human body. So what are the methods to identify wolfberries? In order to solve this problem, please learn with me below.

1) The characteristics of wolfberry are: the fruit is spindle-shaped or oval, smaller at both ends, slightly flattened, the surface is bright red to dark red, with irregular wrinkles, and slightly shiny; there is a raised style mark at the top and a white pedicel mark at the base. The fruit skin is flexible, the flesh is soft, and contains many light yellow-brown flat kidney-shaped seeds. Sweet taste.

(2) The fruit of the fake wolfberry is spherical, dark brown or yellow-brown in color, with a slightly hard, translucent skin through which the seeds can be seen. The seeds are large and numerous, and taste sour.

1) Summer and autumn fruits have different hardness depending on whether they are dry or wet. Autumn fruits are softer and darker in color. Note: those that are too bright are usually smoked with sulfur and have different nutritional values.

(2) Different grades, special grade is the best, 250 grains/jin, Zhongning No. 1, No. 2 and other excellent varieties, have different tastes, the good ones have a sweet taste without any unpleasant taste.

(3) Special grade varieties: the color is dark purple and uniform, without black spots; poor quality varieties are mixed and have many black spots.

1. Ningxia wolfberry is large, full, oblong, with thick flesh, sweet taste, sweet aftertaste, bright red color, light in water, light bare seeds, easy to rise when soaked in water

2. The wolfberries from Inner Mongolia are large, oblong, sweet, dark red in color, heavy when bare, slightly red when soaked in water, and easy to sink.

3. Xinjiang wolfberry is round and very sweet. It is red when fresh, then darkens and becomes soft easily. The seeds are heavy. After being soaked in water, the water turns red and it sinks easily.

4. Sulfur-smoked wolfberry is too red in color and tastes sour, astringent, and bitter. It is harmful to human health and cannot be used.

I believe that after studying the above paragraphs, friends will have a better understanding of the identification methods of wolfberries. Therefore, we must not be careless in real life and must carefully select high-quality wolfberries. Of course, we should also share these identification methods with our relatives and friends around us so that everyone can enjoy the various benefits that authentic wolfberries bring to our bodies.

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