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Kakadu Plum - Mar 19, 2012

Australia's New Superfruit!

The Kakadu Plum, also called the Gubinge, Billygoat Plum or Murunga; grows natively across the Top End of Northern Australia.

The fruit has been a traditional source of bush tucker, antiseptic and a healing remedy for the Indigenous people across Arnhem Land for thousands of years. Today the trees are still in great abundance and come to fruit usually at the start of the dry season in May each year.

The Kakadu Plum has been identified worldwide as the single natural food source with the highest vitamin C content on the planet. It contains 3000mg of vitamin C per 100g of fruit - over 50 times the concentration found in oranges! There is no plant in the world that has the same level of vitamin C, anti-oxidants and bioactives, none of which are lost through state-of-the-art processing methods.

The Kakadu Plum contains phytochemicals such as gallic and ellagic acids. Gallic acid has antibacterial, antiviral and antifungal activities and also shows anti-inflammatory, anti-tumour, anti-mutagenic and anti-bronchodilatory activities. Ellagic acid has anti-carcinogenic effects against a wide range of carcinogens in many human tissues.

We associate oranges as a source of Vitamin C yet measured in milligrams per 100 grams of fruit you can see just how powerful Kakadu Plum can be as a natural source of this vitamin.

  1. Kakadu Plum - 3150
  2. Camu Camu - 2800
  3. Rose hip - 2000
  4. Acerola - 1600
  5. Jujube - 500
  6. Baobab - 400
  7. Blackcurrant - 200
  8. Red Pepper - 190
  9. Parsley - 130
  10. Seabuckthorn - 120
  11. Guava - 100
  12. Kiwifruit - 90
  13. Redcurrant - 80
  14. Brussels sprouts - 80
  15. Lychee - 70
  16. Cloudberry - 60
  17. Papaya - 60
  18. Strawberry - 60
  19. Orange - 50
  20. Lemon - 40

abp can source grades of powder as fine or ultra fine containing either a minimum 5% or 15% naturally occurring vitamin C. Available as Pharma or Food grade.

Kakadu Plum is approved by the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration for use as an active ingredient in complimentary medicines. The Pharma grade fully complies with the British Pharmacopoeia's general standards for ingredients used in pharmaceutical products.

No heat, solvents or enzymes are used in the processing of the fruit.

Kakadu Plum can be an active ingredient in Cosmetic, Pharmaceutical, Beverage and Food products. 

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