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 [...]
The fruit of Aristotelia Chilensis, commonly known as maqui, has been demonstrated to exhibit significantly high antioxidant capacity in vitro, especially for superoxide and peroxyl scavenging, and, therefore, may have possible health benefits. Superoxide is biologically quite toxic and is deployed by the immune system to kill invading microorganisms. In this study, the antioxidant capacities [...]
The fruit of Aristotelia Chilensis, commonly known as maqui berry or Chilean Wineberry, has been demonstrated to exhibit significant high antioxidant capacity in vitro against peroxynitrite aka NORAC. In this study, the antioxidant capacities of freeze dried whole maqui berry were evaluated by Brunswick Labs using their patented new Total ORAC assay. Total ORAC not [...]
This is the second in a series of articles which explains the antioxidant dynamics of ORAC and more importantly Total ORAC and the maqui berry. Patagonia Maqui has gone to great lengths to substantiate scientific claims of the maqui. As part of this discovery process, we hired Brunswick Labs to conduct not only ORAC testing [...]
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 [...]