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 [...]
Natural ingredients manufacturer, NP Nutra, has launched a certified organic Maqui freeze-dried Powder, adding to its growing line of high quality Superfruit ingredients. With sales growth of organic products now outpacing conventionally grown foods, the health industry is seeing an unprecedented demand for organically grown ingredients. Andrew Carter, NP Nutra’s Quality Control Manager states, “Inquiries [...]
A recent press release states, “Berry aficionados are already aware that berries that are dark red, blue and purple taste great. But what most of these people dont know is that these berries have a unique nutritional profile and contain a range of flavonoids that are known to benefit ones health in numerous ways.” “Among [...]
NEW Maqui Berry Video! The maqui berry story has just recently been released by Velocity International to promote their maqui based health and weight loss beverage. The video was recently created while on location in Chile during the last harvest that took place in February of 2010. Velocity International sources all their Patagonia Premium Maqui Berry [...]
Image via Wikipedia At Patagonia Maqui Berry Company, we have recently received our NOP/EU Organic status for maqui berry freeze-dried powder. How important is organic status? Lets take a look and find out. Do we need organic certification for Maqui? The question being asked is do we need to have a system in place to [...]
Coconut water is steadily rising in popularity as the sports drink gains traction in the USA beverage market. Virginia Dare in sync with market demand for new and exciting sports drink adds Maqui Berry flavored/infused coconut water to their lineup. A popular drink in Brazil, coconut water is catching on in the U.S. both as [...]
Maqui Berry is fast becoming a new flavor in the beverage world as Honest Tea rolls out their Passion Fruit Green Tea with Maqui Berry. The combination of these two flavors along with the new sugar substitute Stevia makes this product bold, innovative and cutting edge. The combination of antioxidants from this maqui blend makes [...]
This post is a re-print of the following original article about maqui berry and cancer research. The Mapuche Indians have long used the maqui in ceremonial and medicinal applications. The maqui has recently been discovered by the modern world to be a powerful antioxidant. More scientific information can be found on the website at the Patagonia [...]
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 [...]
The fruit of Aristotelia Chilensis, commonly known as maqui, has been demonstrated to exhibit significantly high antioxidant capacity in vitro, especially for singlet oxygen and peroxyl scavenging, and, therefore, may have possible health benefits. In this study, the antioxidant capacities of freezedried maqui fruit pulp/skin powder (Patagonia Maqui) were evaluated by different assays with various free radical [...]