These Goji berries are a nice complement to smooties, cottage cheese and yogurt, or even in soups. The taste is relatively normal neutral in my opinion and the other recessions with the musty smell I can not confirm. Our smell normal. We had already other dried goji berries) For quality, I have to say that we have had better (why the star deduction). It can happen that a small twig or a green leaf between inside with this is. But not so that it would interfere. Also, we have had no wires or anything in our package, but it must be said clearly, there are higher quality goji berries in terms of "purity". But this is so minimal that it does not bother us.