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THE TRUTH ABOUT PERUVIAN MACA

Since the year 2000, the Chinese have been unsuccessfully trying to seize Peruvian treasure. In 2002, in order to protect its national interest, the Peruvian government banned the export of whole Maca roots and seeds that could be used for its cultivation outside of Peru. In the years that followed, the Chinese illegally and in an organized manner exported seed material and Maca roots across the poorly guarded Bolivian border for the purpose of researching and improving its cultivation in the Chinese mountainous province of Yunnan. That project never succeeded, due to the big difference in soil composition and unsuitable climatic conditions. Chinese maca has that much degenerated root that it looks more like ginger, primarily due to the excessive amount of carcinogenic fertilizers they use. It has been scientifically proven that Peruvian maca is an original product, closely dependent on the highlands of the Andes, extremely rich in minerals, with an ideal altitude of 3,900-4,300 m and proximity to the Equator. 

No other mountain is as rich in ores and its soil in minerals as the Andes. That's why Peruvian maca is extremely rich in minerals and other nutrients. The rich soil ameliorates in its root the high content of the alkaloids, macaenes, which are responsible for Maca’s miraculous effect. In the early 1990s, even NASA included Peruvian maca in their advanced astronautical diet.

The concentration of macaenes in the Peruvian root is crucial. They are the most effective, known medicine for hypophysis, which, at an early age, begins to fail, and its dysfunction with the years to come is more serious. Japanese have been trying to synthesize this alkaloid for a while. This great discovery, macaenes, are contained only in the Peruvian maca, which is proven to be a more effective adaptogen than some varieties of ginseng. The ginseng is a Chinese national treasure, and the Maca is a Peruvian one, but no one is trying to overtake the Chinese heritage.

Chinese have always imported the best quality Maca from Peru for their own needs. Since 2000, the circumstances have changed, and now China exports its degenerated root, representing it as a Peruvian. The price of their maca root is much lower, and this is a good reason for the world’s biggest superfood suppliers to switch to a more profitable resource. It is obvious that Chinese buyers still prefer Peruvian maca, and that number of people who don’t feel the beneficial effects of the Chinese maca is increasing.

Chinese producers are selling maca far under the cost-effective price for the Peruvian farmer. At the same time, the best Peruvian maca cultivators are sawing only a limited quantity of the best world maca because each year they have to store some of their stock from the past seasons. It is anticipated that some day there will not be real Peruvian Maca outside of Peru. It could be the last try of the Peruvian government to protect its heritage by adding 'Peruvianum' to its scientific name in the manner to protect its origin. We keap sowing the finest Maca for our customers, and we continue with our mission in Peru because we simply love it.