Sun Life Goji is a Toronto based importing company which specializes in certified organic goji berries and goji products. Working directly with the largest producers from the farms to the factories, we ensure through personal trips to China that the products we bring to market have been rigorously inspected and meet our quality requirements. Each shipment we bring in to Canada can be traced through internationally accredited organic certification bodies all the way back to the individual farms where the berries are grown. A sample of each lot is also tested in a reputable Canadian laboratory before being released to our wholesalers. All documents from export inspections to phytosanitary certificates and lab tests are available on this website.

Wolfberry from Zhongning county in Ningxia province is one of the medicinal and edible plants promulgated by the Ministry of Health of the People’s Republic of China. The name Wolfberry first appeared in Shi Jing more than 2500 years ago. The Shennong’s Classic of Material Medica, the first official codex in ancient China, mentioned this fruit and named it as a “top grade”. Li Shi-zhen of Ming Dynasty in his Compendium of Materia Medica provided a detailed discussion. Artificial cultivation began more than 600 years ago.

Goji Facts

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The Goji berry is properly known as Wolfberry where it is grown in China. Considered a botanical treasure by the locals in Ningxia province, it is known in Chinese medicine as an anti aging tonic. Ningxia grows the kind of wolfberries that legends are made of, and not surprisingly, Ningxia residents are their own best advertising. The Chinese national census recently reported that the number of Ningxia residents living more than 100 years exceeds the national average by an amazing 400 percent. Ningxia locals freely admit their health secret lies in the locally grown wolfberries.