Goji berries - in England - update on supplier

[English Tracy]

This may interest people in the UK.

I have just discovered that Holland and Barrett is selling small packs of goji berries (75g) at a bit over £2 per pack. There is nothing added and it says they are sun dried so I'm hoping they are raw. I bought one pack to try later in the week.

People like Shazzie, Raw Living and Fresh Network also sell them and they are guaranteed raw but you have to order on-line and then wait a few days for delivery.

Tracy

[sport]

Holland and Barrett have amazing sales where they drop the prices by huge amounts so if they ever drop the prices of these we can all show up and empty the shelvs.
I just bought 5Kg of them from Shazzie so that should keep us going for a while.

[English Tracy]

5 KG - you must have £££ coming out of your ears to buy that many!!

Also, Tesco (mid August) and Waitrose (Sept) are going to stock two types of agave nectar. It has been heated apparently but I'm trying to find out at what temperature - I have emailed the company.

The company doing this is:

www.groovyfood.co.uk

The agave nectar is much cheaper than the brand sold by Shazzie, Fresh and Raw Living BUT of course, not sure if raw!!

They also sell an omega 3 (etc) oil but again not sure if it is raw.

Tracy

[sport]

5 KG - you must have £££ coming out of your ears to buy that many!!

Tracy

It is the opposite. I saved over £23 by buying the 5 packs togeather and I felt that I was going to heve to buy them down the road anyway.

[Arky]

Beware when buying Goji berries. Many suppliers refer to any berries from the broader family as 'Goji'.

Another thing to watch out for (and far more important) is that many berries farmed in China are allegedly sprayed with DDT and other pesticides (banned in many other countries). For instance, I can obtain berries from essentially the same broader family as the Goji, farmed in China, and non-organic, for as little as $2.50 for 200 grams, but I rarely buy them because of my serious reservations about purity.

A starting place for further reading may be found here:

http://www.gojiberry.com/


Personally, I think Goji (even genuine, organic etc. etc.) are a total rip-off and are completely unnecessary in a well-structured wholefoods diet. I'm not saying Goji aren't healthy, I'm just saying they are, in my opinion, overpriced and unnecessary. That's just my take.


J.