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Goji Berry

Small dried red berry used in Chinese soups and teas.

Goji Berry — illustrative ingredient image

About Goji Berry

Goji berry is the small red fruit of a goji plant, commonly sold as a dried ingredient. It is used in Chinese soups and teas, and can also be added to porridges, desserts, trail mixes, and other dishes. Fresh berries may be eaten when available, but the dried form is more familiar in culinary use.

Dried goji berries have a sweet, mildly tangy flavour and a chewy texture that becomes softer and more succulent when soaked or simmered. Fresh berries are juicier and less concentrated. Their flavour and firmness vary with ripeness and whether the fruit has been dried, rehydrated, or cooked.

The berries are usually elongated or oval and red to orange-red. They may be sold whole, dried, or occasionally as juice and other processed products. Soaking softens dried fruit; simmering in soup or tea further tenderizes it and releases some colour and flavour into the liquid.

Ingredient type
whole food

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Local names for goji berry

Names and romanised forms to recognise on menus and labels.

English

goji berry

English

wolfberry

English

Baie de goji, séchée

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English

Goji berries, dried

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English

Goji berry, dried

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English

Goji berry, Fruit, Native, Raw

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Goji Berry nutrition & diet

Goji Berry nutritional value

Reference: Goji berry, dried

Per 100 g of the edible portion of the stated reference food.

Calories
297.3kcal
Protein
11.9g
Carbs
49.1g
Fat
3.7g

Reference example for the named food and preparation, per 100 g edible portion. This is not a universal value for every recipe or brand; packaged products should be compared with their own label. © Food Standards Australia New Zealand. AFCD Release 3, food F004244. Available carbohydrate excludes sugar alcohols; energy converted from kJ to kcal (÷4.184). Australian data may not be appropriate for use in other countries. There are limitations associated with food composition databases. Food composition data used in the database or databases may represent an average of the nutrient content of a particular sample of foods and ingredients, determined at a particular time. The nutrient composition of foods and ingredients can vary substantially between batches and brands because of a number of factors, including changes in season, processing practices and ingredient source, and methods of calculation. Data licensed under the FSANZ Data User Licence Agreement, based on CC BY-SA 3.0 AU: https://www.foodstandards.gov.au/science-data/monitoringnutrients/afcd/datauserlicenceagreement.

Portions & preparation

Use the dried goji berry form described, and distinguish whole berries from powdered, soaked, cooked, or sweetened products. Soups and teas distribute the fruit differently: strained liquid, softened berries, and mixed preparations are not interchangeable reference portions.

Compare the right form: Reference should match whole dried goji berries, or separately identify powder, soaked fruit, sweetened product, tea infusion, and retained edible portion.

Diet considerations

Goji berry is a plant-derived fruit. Plain dried berries differ from products coated, sweetened, blended, or combined with cereal ingredients. Soups and teas may include animal products or other plants, while eating the berries versus straining them produces different portion-dependent carbohydrate patterns.

AI-authored reading notes · Awaiting editorial review. Measured values, where available, have a separate source above.

Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Not established
  • Vegetarian
    Not established
  • Pescatarian
    Not established
  • Keto
    Not established
  • Paleo
    Not established
  • Low-carb
    Not established
  • Halal
    Not established
  • Kosher
    Not established
What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Vegetarian · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Pescatarian · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Keto · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Paleo · Not established
The ingredient form and processing have not been assessed against this dietary pattern.
Low-carb · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Halal · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
Kosher · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish kosher status.

For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: Australian Food Composition Database, Release 3, 2025 — Goji berry, dried ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.

Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.

The ingredient description and dish connections come from the draft catalogue and may change after review.

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