How to distinguish the quality of wolfberry

How to distinguish the quality of wolfberry

Color discrimination

The normal color of wolfberry is: particularly soft and shiny, with plump flesh.

Most of the dyed wolfberries are old goods, and they look of poor quality, dull, and brightly colored.

The top of normal wolfberry is yellow or white.

The dyed wolfberry is red all over, even the top is dyed red. There is also a kind that is roasted with sulfur and is dark brown.

Put the dyed items in water and rub them with your hands to see if the color will fade.

Shape discrimination

Ningxia wolfberries will float up after being soaked in water, and the wolfberries from Ningxia and Inner Mongolia are both oblong in shape. You can imagine them as a smaller version of a rolling pin. Xinjiang wolfberry is round in shape and easier to distinguish.

Smell Identification

If you cover wolfberries that have been fumigated with sulfur with your hands for a while, there will be a pungent smell.

Taste Identification

Ningxia wolfberry tastes sweet, but has a slightly bitter taste after eating. The taste in Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang and other regions is too sweet. Things soaked in alum will have the bitter taste of alum, while things soaked in sulfur will have a sour and bitter taste.