Black wolfberry is sweet in taste and flat in nature. It is rich in vitamins and a variety of trace elements. Its anthocyanin content is very high. It has the effects of enhancing immunity, anti-aging, anti-oxidation, clearing liver and eyesight, nourishing yin and kidney. It is mainly produced in Gansu, Qinghai, Xinjiang and other places. So how to identify the true and false black wolfberry? Three ways to distinguish the true and false of black wolfberry.
Methods / steps:
The appearance of Authentic Black Lycium barbarum is dark purple black, oblate, with a cross-sectional diameter of about 6 mm. There are about 8-10 seeds in it. There is no special smell and the taste is slightly sweet.
Soak in water: take a cup of mineral water (weak acid water) at 50-60 degrees, and then put 10-15 black Lycium barbarum. At this time, you will see the purplish red anthocyanins spread down from around the black Lycium barbarum until the whole cup of water turns purplish red. If you use 50-60 degrees of tap water and other weak alkaline water bubble black wolfberry, the bubble out of the water is blue.
The pulp of Lycium barbarum L. soaked with mineral becomes translucent purple. The more times it is soaked, the more transparent the pulp is. The pulp soaked with tap water is translucent blue.