By: Christina Sarich, 09/28/2013

Most fruit, like apples, pears, bananas, oranges, etc. are wonderfully healthy foods, but we would never turn to them as a source of protein. All fruits have trace amounts of protein – a cup of apples will provide 1 gram and a cup of raisins will provide 5 grams (according to the USDA). Vegetables are similar – a cup of carrots, onions, or tomatoes will yield about 1 gram of protein as well. But one fruit, grown high in the Himalayan foothills, contains numerous trace minerals, vitamins, and is considered a great source of vegetarian protein – Goji berries. Just one cup of Goji berries, also called wolfberries, or Lycium barbarum, contain up to 12 grams of protein!

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