How to distinguish good and bad wolfberries?

Wolfberry is a very common Chinese medicinal material with excellent health-care effects. In daily life, there are many ways to take wolfberries, whether it is soaked in wine or water, added to dishes or used to make soup, it is very beneficial to the body. However, if you choose some wolfberries of poor quality, not only will they fail to maintain your health, but they may also have a negative impact on your body. Today, I will talk to you about how to distinguish good and bad wolfberries. Let’s learn together!

Distinguishing between real and fake wolfberries

(1) The characteristics of wolfberry are: the fruit is spindle-shaped or oval, smaller at both ends, slightly flattened, bright red to dark red on the surface, 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.

Distinguishing good and bad wolfberries

(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 have a uniform dark purple color without black spots. Poor quality varieties have mixed colors and many black spots.

Common ways to identify wolfberries: 1. Ningxia wolfberries are large, plump, oblong, thick-seed, sweet in taste, with a sweet aftertaste, bright red in color, light in water, and light in naked seeds, which float easily in water. 2. Inner Mongolia wolfberry is 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 should not be used. 5. Ningxia Shunqi wolfberry not only has the characteristics of Ningxia wolfberry, but also has uniform grains and is completely sterilized. Its sensory indicators, physical and chemical indicators, and hygiene indicators fully meet the quality requirements of the international market.

Places in Ningxia where wolfberries are grown include Zhongning, Huinong and other places. The wolfberries in Zhongning are of the best quality and Zhongning is known as the hometown of wolfberries. Wolfberry is large, plump, and oblong in shape, with many thick seeds and a sweet taste with a sweet aftertaste. It is bright red in color and light when soaked in water. The naked seeds are light and easily float when soaked in water. However, sulfur-smoked wolfberry is too red in color and tastes sour, astringent, and bitter. It is harmful to human health and cannot be eaten.

The above is the method to distinguish the quality of wolfberries. Chinese medicine believes that wolfberries can strengthen muscles and bones after taking them, and can also enable the body to better withstand severe cold and heat. Therefore, we also regard wolfberries as a very effective tonic. Modern medicine has also discovered that wolfberry contains polysaccharides, so it can effectively improve the body's immunity. So choose wolfberries correctly and use them more often.