XanGo LLC
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| founding | 2002 |
| Seat | Lehi , Utah , USA |
| management | Aaron Garrity, Gary Hollister, Joe Morton, Gordon Morton, Bryan Davis and Kent Wood |
| sales | US $ 2 billion |
| Branch | Food, nutritional supplement and skin care industries, |
| Website | www.xango.com |
XanGo, LLC is a privately owned, international company based in Utah , USA. It is the first company to manufacture and sell a fruit drink made from the mangosteen fruit . The company name (Fima) is a fantasy name and is derived from Xan thon and Man go stan.
Products
"XanGo juice" is the fruit juice concentrate that is made from the mangosteen fruit (with the peel, which contains 40 of 43 xanthones) that grows in Southeast Asia. The company advertises that a special recipe contains a concentrated amount of xanthones in the juice. Xanthones are said to have a health effect, including as a radical scavenger against free radicals .
Production and sales
The mangosteen is harvested in the countries where it is grown and brought to the USA, where the actual production and bottling facility is located. There the juice is sold through direct sales. Since mid-2007 the product has also been shipped to Canada, Australia, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, the Philippines, Singapore, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Russia, France, Austria, the Netherlands (as of Nov. 2009 30 countries worldwide).
The products are sold in multi-level marketing (also known as network marketing).
Others
Since 2006 Xangoo LLC. Sponsor Real Salt Lake , a US soccer team.
XANGO supports a number of aid programs and funding projects with 7% of the company's profit. The following partnerships are current: SOS Children's Villages, Children's Wish Foundation of Canada, The Tuloy Foundation, Operation Smile, Best Buddies , National McGruff House Network, National Ability Center (NAC), Drew Brees Dream Foundation, Children's Organ Transplant Association (COTA), Steve Young Forever Young Foundation, AmeriCares, Children Charity Association, Vitamin Angels, University of Utah Global Health Alliance.
criticism
The juice is criticized for its health benefits. Among other things, the company advertised its cancer-curing properties, which means that regular consumption of the juice will reduce the likelihood of developing cancer. The company refers u. a. on publications of in-vitro studies of the mangosteen fruit, e.g. published in the American online portal of the US National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health, and on a double-blind study on mangosteen published in Aug. 2009 -Fruit. The American Cancer Society points out that until 2008 there had been no scientific studies with patients, only in-vitro laboratory tests, etc. a. on acne- causing bacteria, as well as a study on rats.
However, in a placebo-controlled double-blind study published in August 2009, the effects of mangosteen in the form of a liquid food supplement on human immune function were examined. With the result that the consumption of a product containing mangosteen causes a significantly improved immunological defense reaction in the test subjects.
Since the company cannot rely on any scientific studies on its own product, the effect or degree of effectiveness of the XanGo drink itself is still considered scientifically controversial. As a preservative z. B. - according to the contents of the XanGo bottle - contain sodium benzoate ( E 211 ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ruth Ranft: Article about the ingredient mangosteen in Xango
- ↑ Fliege TV - Healing, Helping, Horizons by Jürgen Fliege .
- ↑ welt.de
- ↑ studies MANGOSTEEN / MANGOSTEEN / MANGOSTIN . PubMed database
- ↑ Anti-cancer effects of xanthones from pericarps of mangosteen . PMID 19325754
- ↑ a b Effect of a Mangosteen Dietary Supplement on Human Immune Function: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial . In: Journal of medicinal food , 2009 Aug 21, 12 (4), pp. 755-763, doi: 10.1089 / jmf.2008.0204 , PMID 19697997 . Double-blind study, German original translation (PDF; 304 kB)
- ^ Mangosteen Juice ( February 3, 2007 memento on the Internet Archive ) American Cancer Society