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have raw cake and eat it

We love goji berries - they are a great nutritious snack or can be added to raw cakes and chocolates. The kids love to snack on them and we eat them daily.

Unfortunately, there are no organic goji berries around at the moment but they should be available again in September. However, I have managed to source these wild, unsprayed goji berries from an unpolluted area which are are great alternative to having to buy sprayed ones at the moment.

Goji Berries contain significant percentages of a day's macronutrient needs – carbohydrates, protein, fat and dietary fiber. 68% of the mass of dried goji berries exists as carbohydrate, 12% as protein, and 10% each as fiber and fat. They contain many nutrients and phytochemicals including

■11 essential and 22 trace dietary minerals
■18 amino acids
■6 essential vitamins
■8 polysaccharides and 6 monosaccharides
■5 unsaturated fatty acids, including the essential fatty acids, linoleic acid and alpha-linolenic acid
■beta-sitosterol and other phytosterols
■5 carotenoids, including beta-carotene and zeaxanthin (below), lutein, lycopene and cryptoxanthin, a xanthophyll
■numerous phenolic pigments (phenols) associated with antioxidant properties