30 bucks includes shipping....way less than everyone else. except one other seller on amazon.

Just bought some camu powder from this seller on amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Camu-Fruit-Pow...8686076&sr=8-2

their description seems very good.

"There are 2 major ways to prepare Camu. The first method, for sale here, uses the internal fruit of the berries and doesn't use the outer shell. The inner fruit is a tannish color. The finished product is a tan color. The taste is in the middle between bland and sweet. The second method of preparation uses the entire fruit and outside pulp, which is reddish in color. This makes the finished product pinkish. Still another (that we don't agree with) way manufacturers add extra tartness is by using additives like Ascorbic Acid which is VERY tart. Check your label, if it says anything other than Camu, you have artificially modified Camu. This is an illusion that the "natural" product is super tart and therefor has more natural vitamin C. You won't find an ingredient label on most of our products because the advertised product is the ONLY ingredient. There are no preservatives OR additives in our products."

Considering this could last several months in the fridge....this could hopefully be a great and inexpensive source of vitamin c.

https://www.natmedtalk.com/nutrition/...-benefits.html

I still maintain that camu camu is more unstable that other natural vitamin C sources. It is mostly delicate in the harvesting process. And mostly hype. Vitamin C is already very unstable, in storage and in the body. That's why it should be taken at a few intervals during the day, supplement or natural. Amla is more stable and 20x as powerful as ascorbic acid, so you would not have to take as much.

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I thought camu camu has more vitamin c in it than Amla?

You may be right but ...

The Amla fruit is found to be a natural source of anti-ageing and one of the strongest rejuvenating herbs in Indian medicine. It is reported to contain up to 30 times the amount of Vitamin C found in oranges, and Tannins present in it retard the oxidation of Vitamin C.

Camu camu may be the richest source of vitamin C, but it is still more unstable. Unstable means that oxidation occurs more rapidly, rendering the vitamin C unusable. This is true of most vitamin C products, including cosmetics. Manufacturers have to ensure that shelf life is stable.

According to these 2 sites, Camu has more usable vitamin C after 335 days of storage than Amla does normally.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11464674

https://www.cabdirect.org/abstracts/20013122060.html

You won't be storing your camu camu pulp at -18C. You won't be storing your amla at 100C.

The fruit will certainly be different from the final product that reaches you. The tannins in the amla will be an improvement over camu camu for storage.

The damage to vitamin C in heat, will affect both products drastically. Actually, that heat affects all supplements, so think about that when receiving a shipment, especially during summer.

But do what you wish anyway. I think that camu camu is advertising hype. Just IMO.

I'll be storing mine in a fridge for much less than 335 days. The supplier stores theirs in a fridge or freezer. I asked them.

The site had the results of how much vitamin c is in amla in good conditions, its nowhere near that in camu.

What source says camu vitamin c becomes unstable and unusable? I can't seem to find any sources that agrees with that.

Notice that your PubMed study says storage at -18C. You must have a powerful freezer. Also, the vitamin C oxidizes soon after harvest, so they had to work with fresh produce. The amla oxidizes less rapidly due to the tannin contents.

So, any manufacturer must process the berries quickly. Even then, vitamin C does not last long no matter the source. Something must be done to stabilize it for export. Absolutely no moisture and very little heat. Since camu already contains a lot of vitamin C, it will still be better than synthetic ascorbic acid. But I would not personally spend very much money on it. Just eat a kiwi.

Where does it talk about camu powder losing alot of its vitamin C? I'm dealing with camu powder, not fresh camu fruit.

Also, I looked at all the vitamin c pills at vitamin shoppe...this powder is actually not expensive. 30 bucks for a pound! for the same amount...heck for like double, triple, quadruple the serving size, that's way cheaper than a bottle of vitamin c.

you should get some.

you're right, though....most of the other sources on amazon.com were extremely expensive for this camu powder.

and you got me thinking...maybe when it arrives I should put it in the freezer, not the fridge. thank you.