These exclusive OJIO Real Goji Berries are from a pristine area within the Ningxia Province in China. This is where people have grown Goji Berries for centuries.
Goji Berries are very high in anti-oxidants and are noted to be one of the most important herbs in Traditional Chinese Medicine that can be prescribed for dozens for different ailments. Ancient Chinese medical texts praised Goji Berries as tonic support for the eyes, liver, and kidneys.
These dried berries make one of the best snack foods! Kids love them, and they're a great replacement for other sweet snack foods. They're a gorgeous deep red color, about the same size as a raisin, and have a delicious, distinct flavor.
They can be used as a substitute for raisins or other dried fruit in any recipe for a huge nutritional boost, and are especially good soaked and blended into smoothies, or added to herbal teas.
Ingredients
Wildcrafted Goji Berries
About the Ingredients
These gojis are more organic than the quote-unquote organic goji berries that are on the market. Ultimate Superfoods has put these lots through the FDA test in a California lab checking for more than 400 different chemicals used in agriculture and processing, as well as sulfites.
All test results concluded that no chemicals were detected, which assures us of the highest quality standards our Chinese associates utilize for growing our Goji Berries.
These same Goji Berries have won awards from the China Medical Promotion Committee as their recommended brand and they are Green Food certified.
This product is offered via Ultimate Superfoods
More Interesting Stats on Goji Berries:
Gojis are the richest source of carotenoids (including beta carotene) of all known foods on earth!
Gojis contain 18 types of amino acids (six times higher than bee pollen), including all 8 essential amino acids, making them a "complete protein" food.
They also have up to 21 trace minerals (mainly zinc, iron, copper, calcium, germanium, selenium, and phosphorus).
500 times more vitamin C (by weight) than oranges, the second highest of any known food!
A rich source of vitamins B1, B2, B6, and vitamin E
They contain a polysaccharide that stimulates the secretion of Human Growth Hormone (HGH), important for longevity and keeping you looking and feeling young!
They are an alkaline fruit
Watch a short video where Melissa demonstrates the goji lemonade recipe:
Recipes Using Goji Berries
Goji Lemonade
½ Cup
lemon juice Fresh squeezed from 3 lemons or try Santa Cruz Organic Lemon Juice. You might also try this with limes or grapefruit.
Add all ingredients to a Vita-Mix or other high-powered blender, then fill the blender to the 6 cup mark with pure water. Blend on high until smooth, pour into a container, and chill.
The combination of the Citrus juice, Salt and Agave creates great hydration properties, and adding Gojis, Coconut and Tocos rounds out the nutrient spectrum creating a very satisfying beverage. Enjoy!
Stir the dry ingredients together in a bowl. If you are including any of the optional ingredients, add them in now too. If you decide to add any of the powdered greens, I suggest you also add the orange essential oil or cinnamon to cover any potential "green flavor".
Add the Coconut Oil and Agave Nectar and stir. It works best and is more fun to get your hands into the mix now and really mush all the ingredients together so that the oil and agave bind the dry ingredients well.
Create small teaspoon-size drops of the mixture and place them on wax paper. You can see pictures of the size and yummy messiness. You will get about 10 little bliss kisses per recipe. Freeze your bliss kisses for best taste and longevity, though you may find that after licking your fingers you desire to eat them all up quickly.
You can also use Carob in your bliss kisses to make a sweeter kiss. Try using half Cacao and half Carob or substituting Carob for the Tocotrienols in the recipe.
For an extra-creamy and more truffle-like bliss kiss that can sit out at room temperature, substitute Cacao Butter for the Coconut Oil. Mmmmmm. Enjoy!
