Goji

Also called wolfberry

Goji is a fruit that is tender when raw. It is sold dried and used to garnish and sweeten dishes.

Plant-based

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Category: Fruit
Part used: Fruit
Family: Solanaceae
Texture: Tender
Cooked most in: Asia
Top country: China
Dishes: 1 in the catalogue
Energy: 349 kcal per 100 g

Photo: Pvt pauline · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use goji

Typical ways to cook or use it

Garnish
Sweeten

Flavour

Taste and texture

Texture, raw

Tender

Shopping

Choosing and storing goji

Sold as: Dried

Nutrition

What 100 g of goji holds

Per 100 g, dried. Averages from USDA; real values vary by variety, season and growing conditions.

Protein 16%Fat 0%Carbohydrate 84%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of goji, dried
Energy	349 kcal · 1,461 kJ
Protein	14 g
Fat	0.39 g
of which saturated	0 g
Carbohydrate	77 g
of which sugars	46 g
Fibre	13 g
Sodium	298 mg
Cholesterol	0 mg

Nutrition per 100 g of goji, dried: minerals and vitamins
Calcium	190 mg
Iron	6.8 mg
Vitamin C	48 mg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (food 173032), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

Around the world

Where goji is cooked

1 dish in the catalogue uses goji. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Asia1

Countries whose dishes use it most

China 1

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list goji among their ingredients.

Origins

Native to: Eastern Asia

The 2000s · Canada and United States
Commercial goji cultivation began in Canada and the United States.

On the table

Dishes made with goji

1 dish in the catalogue uses it.

Osmanthus cake
China

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include goji.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: goji in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.

Allergens: None of the 15 listed allergens foundChecked and not found: eggs, fish, milk, molluscs, sulphites, crustaceans.
Animal origin: No animal ingredients foundChecked and not found: egg, fish, meat, dairy, honey, insect, gelatin, poultry, bone char, shellfish, other animal, animal fining, animal rennet.
Alcohol: None
Pork: None

Around the world

What goji is called

Names in 43 languages, from Wikidata.

Spanish
lycium barbarum
French
baie de goji · goji
Italian
bacche di goji · goji
Portuguese
Goji
German
Gemeiner Bocksdorn
Dutch
goji-bes · goji-bessen · gojibessen · goji
Greek
γκότζι μπέρυ
Russian
дереза · Годжи
Polish
Goji · Jagody Goji · Lycium barbarum · Kolcowój szkarłatny
Arabic
توت القوجي
Persian
گوجی‌بری
Tamil
goji

Show all 43 languages

Albanian
Goji
Basque
hesilahar
Belarusian (Taraskievica orthography)
годжы · ягады годжы
Catalan
goji · baies tibetanes · baia de Goji · baies de Goji
cdo
Gēu-gī
Chinese
枸杞 · 枸杞子
Corsican
Baghi di liciu
Czech
godži
Egyptian Arabic
جوجى
Esperanto
gojio
Finnish
gojimarja · goji-marja · susimarja
Galician
Goxi
Georgian
გოჯი ბერი
Hungarian
Goji bogyó
Indonesian
Gojiberi
Irish
Lycium barbarum
Japanese
クコ · クコの実 · 枸杞 · ゴジベリー
Javanese
Goji beri
Korean
구기자
Macedonian
гоџи · гоуџји
Malay
Goji
Romanian
Cătină de garduri
Serbian
Гоџи
Simplified Chinese
枸杞
Simplified Chinese (China)
枸杞
Sindhi
گوندي
Slovak
Kou-čchi
Slovenian
godži · goji
Swedish
Gojibär
Telugu
గోజీ
Traditional Chinese
枸杞
Uzbek
Goji
Vietnamese
kỷ tử
Zhuang
Gaeujgij

Sources and credits

Data

GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
USDA FoodData Central (Foundation, SR Legacy): nutrition values (Public domain (US government work, CC0))
Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
Wikimedia Commons: photos
Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Wikidata item: Q2617260

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