Recent research has pointed to the correlation between cancer fighting properties of the high powered antioxidant delphinidin. Delphinidin is one of the main antioxidants found in maqui berry that grows wild in the Patagonia region of Chile. Long used by the Mapuche Indians for its medicinal qualities, maqui berry is now starting to gain recognition [...]
Marcus Sims and Patagonia Maqui Company are getting ready for the Supplyside East food ingredients show next week, April 26-28, 2010. Maqui berry comes from the Patagonia regions of Chile and Argentina. This antioxidant rich berry has been used by Mapuche Indians in Chile for hundreds of years for ceremonial and medicinal purposes. Maqui is [...]
All work and no play makes you a hard worker. However, after six long months of chasing the elusive maqui opportunity, it is time for a break. A good friend from high school is coming to visit and we will take the next two weeks to tavel about the Chile and Argentina countryside in search of [...]
Brunswick Labs Total ORAC Scores for Patagonia Maqui: There is a lot of information flying around out there today about a little berry coming out of the Patagonia region of Chile. The maqui berry (aka Chilean Wineberry) or aristotelia chilensis by its species name is an evergreen shrub that grows in the Patagonia regions of Chile and [...]
Reports are now in from Anaheim on this years show at Expo West and the news is positive once again for the superfruit from Chile called maqui berry. The buzz has begun to circulate regarding this chart topping antioxidant superfruit from Chile that has been used for hundreds of years by the Mapuche Indians for a multitude of [...]
Natrol has decided to offer a maqui berry capsule product to their line of antioxidant superfruit supplements. Now you can buy maqui berry at the local drugstore and receive all the antioxidant power of the maqui berry right in your own home. Long used by the Mapuche Indians in Chile for its healing antioxidant powers, the maqui berry [...]
2010 Earthquake in Chile! It is not everyday that you find yourself waking up at 3:30 a.m. in the morning to a 8.0 earthquake. Well that is exactly what happened to me a few nights ago as I lay in bed dreaming about maqui berries here in Santiago, Chile. On February 27, 2010, the country [...]
“ANOTHER year, another superfruit. It used to be said that acai berries packed the most powerful antioxidant punch, but research now suggests that the maqui berry, which grows in Chile and Argentina, is an even more potent antioxidant. The deep purple colour of the superfruit suggests incredibly high level of antioxidant and it also boasts [...]
It is nice to see people quoting actual science from reputable companies like Brunswick Labs. As you can see from this website, we give alot of weight to their maqui berry studies and ORAC scores as an indicator of antioxidant power of this botanical. We will be reporting more about the anthocyanin makeup of the [...]
The summer is in full swing in Chile and it is time to travel down to southern Chile for the 2010 maqui berry harvest. The Velocity International group is in town and staying at a hotel located in the posh Vitacura part of Santiago. They have had a full day to rest since flying down [...]