Why are there huge price differences for Camu-Camu?
What makes for a premium quality Camu-Camu product?
- In a nutshell: a high natural Vitamin C content – all derived from the Camu-Camu fruit. The problem for the consumer is in knowing which companies are offering a premium quality product with all natural Vitamin C and which companies are spiking their inferior quality Camu-Camu with synthetic ascorbic acid to which preservatives have been added.
What are the characteristics of a low quality Camu-Camu product?
It is derived from Camu-Camu berries which have not been flash frozen within hours of being picked. Most of the Camu-Camu berries which are sold to companies which process the fruit have been traveling by boat and by truck for up to two weeks before they are spray dried or heated and powdered. The natural Vitamin C content is neglible by the time the raw fruit arrives at the processing plant. Some companies sell this Camu Camu powder without bothering to add cheap synthetic Vitamin C. You will never see any guarantee of the Vitamin C content on the websites of the companies that sell this form of Camu-Camu. Other companies spike their inferior Camu-Camu powder with ascorbic acid in order to be able to claim a high Vitamin C content.
How can the consumer judge which company is offering a premium quality Camu-Camu product?
First, look at the PRICE. Although a high price does not guarantee a high quality product, it is impossible to offer a premium quality product at a low price on this product both because of the extremely costly conditions of guaranteeing a high quality product and because of the great demand for Camu Camu with its very limited supply. There are companies offering inferior Camu Camu products at a retail price which is literally the cost to the manufacturer of premium quality Camu-Camu.
How do they do it?
By purchasing Camu-Camu fruit which was not Flash Frozen on a River Boat Processing facility within hours of picking. By the time that poor Camu-Camu got to the processing plant one to two weeks after it was picked, the natural Vitamin C content was almost gone.
Royal Camu (Light) is prepared in an entirely different way. A freezer boat for processing fresh picked Camu-Camu is expensive. It must stay out on the river for weeks at a time with its crew waiting for the indigenous people in their dug-out canoes to arrive with boxes of fresh picked Camu-Camu. The fruit is immediately washed, peeled, seeded and flash frozen to maintain the high quantity of natural Vitamin C in the product.
Why is Royal Camu® such a good buy?
