In California, this chemical is on the list of substances known to cause reproductive toxicity and necessitates the appropriate Prop. 65 labelling. Additionally this chemical is known to have a laxative effect and can induce allergic reaction in some individuals.
Chinese packaging often includes the instruction, "Please wash before consumption" or something to that effect. I usually rinse them before soaking and throw away the soaking water. This is a waste of a delicious elixir, but the sulfur dioxide increases the beauty of the berries, which is important for maintaining their value on international commodity type markets.
There are ways to preserve these berries without this potentially dangerous chemical, but the only way to be sure that this chemical is not used is to purchase berries which were sourced directly from a farmer who does not use sulphur dioxide in their practices.
An additional note, price of dried berries continues to drop. Average prices in our area are around $12/lb. Prices as low as $5/lb and as high as $25 are fairly common.
Another note, Supreme grade and Super grade are two grades of berry, which are related to the size and color of the fruit. The supergrade strain, which is available from Chinese growers, is one of the most modern strains in common usage in China and is named because of it's ability to produce large quantities of Super grade berries.
Different growers, groups of growers and industry professionals select for different traits in breeding, resulting in a wide variety of plant types depending on the source. Occasionally someone produces a strain that is exceptionally productive or that has some other outstanding trait and then that strain is adopted widely by the goji farming industry, similar to the way that the American agricultural system operated so many years ago.
"There are ways to preserve these berries without this potentially dangerous chemical:" What are they? Please tell us where we can find safe berries to eat.
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