Nutrition for Goji Berry (dried)

Goji Berry Nutrition Summary

One tablespoon of dried goji berry (5.6 grams or 0.2 oz) contains 20 calories and 0.8 grams of protein. Goji berry consist of 8% water, 77% carbohydrates, 14% protein, and less than 1% of total fat.

Goji berry is an excellent source of many nutrients, including dietary fiber, Vitamin A, Vitamin C and calcium. It also contains significant amounts of carbohydrates and iron.

In one tablespoon of dried goji berry:

• Calories: 20
• Protein: 0.8 g
• Sugar: 2.6 g
• Dietary fiber: 0.7 g
• Sodium: 16.7 mg

There is no significant amounts of total fat, saturated fat or cholesterol in goji berry.

See the Goji Berry Nutrition Chart for complete recommended daily values.
The specific nutritional values from USDA is for: Goji berries, dried.

Calories in Goji Berry

Goji berry has 20 calories per tablespoon or 357 calories for every 100 grams. Most of its calories are from carbohydrates and protein.

84% of calories in goji berry are from carbohydrates and 16% of calories are from protein.

Calories from Carbs

Calories from Fat

Calories Similar to Goji Berry

Some other fruits or fruit juices with similar calories to goji berry by weight:

• Honey: -3 calories
• Raisins: -3 calories
• Dates: -4 calories
• Avocado: -10 calories

Protein in Goji Berry

An excellent source of protein, a single tablespoon of Goji Berry contains 2% of recommended daily values or 0.8 grams of protein. However, the protein in goji berry is not complete, meaning it does not contain all 9 essential amino acids. Specifically, goji berry is low in tryptophan.

• Protein: 0.8 g
• Threonine: 0.02 g
• Isoleucine: 0.01 g
• Leucine: 0.03 g
• Lysine: 0.01 g
• Methionine: < 0.1 g
• Phenylalanine: 0.02 g
• Valine: 0.02 g
• Histidine: 0.01 g

There is no significant amounts of tryptophan in goji berry.

Protein Similar to Goji Berry

Some other fruits or fruit juices with similar amounts of protein to goji berry by weight:

• Raisins: -0.7 grams
• Passion Fruit: -0.7 grams
• Avocado: -0.7 grams
• Kumquat: -0.7 grams

Vitamins and Minerals in Goji Berry

An good source of many nutrients, dried goji berry contains abundant amounts of Vitamin A, Vitamin C and calcium. In fact, a single tablespoon of goji berry contains 64% of recommended daily values or 451.1 ug of Vitamin A.

Vitamins in goji berry (1 tbsp):

• Vitamin a: 451.1 ug
• Vitamin c: 2.7 mg

Minerals in goji berry (1 tbsp):

• Calcium: 10.6 mg
• Iron: 0.4 mg

There is no significant amounts of potassium, magnesium, zinc, selenium, phosphorus, copper, manganese, choline, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, pantothenic acid, vitamin b6, vitamin e, folate, vitamin b12 or vitamin k in goji berry.

Similar to Goji Berry for Vitamin A

Here are some other fruits or fruit juices with similarly abundant amounts of Vitamin A to goji berry:

• Acai Berry Juice: -424 UG
• Cantaloupe: -442 UG
• Apricot: -446 UG
• Passion Fruit: -447 UG

Goji Berry Nutrition Chart

Goji Berry in Cooking

Goji Berry can be consumed raw. Most recipes call for one or two tablespoons of goji berry.