Recently it was pointed out to me the Gogi berries are a pop­u­lar term for (Lycium Bar­barum) which are a night­shade. They are nor­mally called Wolf­ber­ries and under this new and pleas­ant sound­ing name they are being pumped out to the masses in the form of super health drinks. “Mir­a­cle Berries” They are often found in juices made with açaí berries. (which are not a nightshade)

As I detail in my book, their are nearly a hun­dred dif­fer­ent night­shade plants.  This fact alone make them hard to track.  How­ever, when processed and renamed they are almost impos­si­ble to find.

Another hid­ing spot is “mod­i­fied food starch” aka potato starch. If it is called corn starch it is not a night­shade. This “mod­i­fied food starch” is a heavy duty binder for many baked and com­mer­cially processed foods.

• Mod­i­fied Food Starch (made from potatoes)
• Gogi Berries, Wolf Berries
• Com­mer­cial breads (pro­duc­ers use potato water to process bread)

One of the tests to see if your bread con­tains potato water is how long does it stay soft.  Breads made with­out potato water gen­er­ally become hard in a day or two.  Excep­tions are breads made with lots of olives, cheese, and other fillers.

• “Spices” when you can assume when the label says “Spices” that you can find night­shade, mainly pepper.
• “Mexican/​Spanish Style”: this gen­er­ally means that some kind of pep­per such as jalapeño is part of the mixture.
• Span­ish Rice is made with Tomatoes
• Veg­etable Juices gen­er­ally are tomato based
• Rice Crack­ers gen­er­ally made with potato flour
• Sauces: many com­mer­cial sauces use a potato flour as a thick­ener.  Asian sauces can use toma­toes the same with Bar-​​B-​​Que Sauce

Learn more about Nightshades!

Here!