20% of a bottle of Healthy Blend Juice is from the Mangosteen Fruit. This fruit is mostly grown in Southeast Asia, but is now being cultivated in parts of India and even in Hawaii. At this time it is illegal to import fresh Mangosteen Fruit into the US because of the concerns with the Asian Fruit Fly.

Like the Goji Berry, the Mangosteen has some very unique properties.

The Mangosteen fruit contains special types of antioxidants known as xanthenes. So far, scientists have identified 200 individual xanthenes and the Mangosteen fruit contains an amazing 40 of them. This fruit is one of the rare cases where the processed fruit is more nutritious than the fresh fruit. As seen in the photo, the center of the fruit is white. It is juicy and delicious, but contains little nutrient value. The outer part of the Mangosteen is where the high nutrient values lies. Unfortunately, it is considered inedible in the fresh fruit because of its texture and flavor. Therefore, we use reconstituted Mangosteen Juice from Whole Garcinia Mangosteen fruit in order to get the benefit of the nutrients in the outer deep purple rind.

Eating Healthy,

Tim