Camu Camu is a round, red to purple colored fruit that grows
abundantly in the Amazonian rain forest. Recent research has
shown that this fruit contains one of the highest natural
vitamin C contents of any food in the world. The fruit is also
an extremely rich source of anthocyanins, with a particularly
high level of cyanidin-3-glucoside.
Best Camu Camu 4:1
Extract powder is an exclusive wild-crafted, spray-dried
concentrate of camu camu fruit. The spray-drying process allows
the powder extract to attain four times the nutrient and vitamin
C concentration of the whole fruit. Vitamin C and anthocyanin
compounds are powerful antioxidants that function as potent free
radical scavengers.*
Camu camu’s main growing areas are
near the Peruvian border with Brazil, and the fruits are the
size of lemons. Due to its high vitamin C content, camu camu is
becoming a widely used ingredient in dietary supplements. Camu
camu also contains calcium, beta-carotene, protein, leucine,
thiamin, valine and serine. The camu camu fruit contains the
highest documented quantity of natural vitamin C on Earth. It
has up to three times more vitamin C than Acerola. Compared to
oranges, camu camu has 30 times more vitamin C, three times more
niacin, ten times more iron, double the amount of riboflavin and
50% more phosphorus. Camu camu also contains 711mg of potassium
per kilogram, and provides a full complement of minerals and
amino acids that can improve the absorption of vitamin C.
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