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A neutraceutical beverage comprising pericarp extract from the Garcinia mangostana L. (mangosteen) plant, and juice from mangosteen fruit pulp, preferably combined with juice from at least one of four other ingredients selected from red grapes, lycium, sea buckthorn, and apple, preferably obtained from powdered extract of mangosteen pericarp and a mixture of fruit concentrate and/or powdered fruit and/or fruit extract In a preferred embodiment the neutraceutical beverage comprises mangosteen pericarp extract and juice from each of mangosteen fruit pulp, red grapes, lycium, sea buckthorn, and apple. The mangosteen pericarp extract can be obtained by a process in which mangosteen pericarp is extracted with ethanol, for example, a 50% ethanol, 50% water solution, and the extract is dried under vacuum. The beverage optionally can include one or more additional fruit juices or concentrates, or fruit or plant extracts, such as concord grape concentrate, blueberry concentrate, red raspberr...

Claims

1. A neutraceutical beverage comprising:

pericarp extract from the fruit of a Garcinia mangostana L. (mangosteen) tree; and

juice from mangosteen fruit pulp.

2. The beverage of claim 1 combined with juice from at least one of four other ingredients selected from red grapes, lycium, sea buckthorn, and apple.

3. The beverage of claim 1 combined with juice from each of red grapes, lycium, sea buckthorn, and apple.

4. The beverage of claim 3 combined with one or more additional fruit juices, concentrates, or fruit or plant extracts.

5. The beverage of claim 4 in which said one or more additional fruit juices, concentrates, or fruit or plant extracts comprises one or more of concord grape juice, blueberry juice, red raspberry juice, green tea extract, grape seed extract, and grape seed extract.

6. The beverage of claim 3 combined with each of concord grape juice, blueberry juice, red raspberry juice, green tea extract, grape seed extract, and grape seed extract.

7. The beverage of claim 1 obtained from powdered extract of mangosteen pericarp and powdered mangosteen fruit pulp powder.

8. The beverage of claim 7 combined with at least one of four other ingredients selected from red grape concentrate, powdered lycium extract, powdered sea buckthorn extract, and powdered apple extract.

9. The beverage of claim 7 combined with each of red grape concentrate, powdered lycium extract, powdered sea buckthorn extract, and powdered apple extract.

10. The beverage of claim 9 combined with one or more of concord grape concentrate, blueberry concentrate, red raspberry concentrate, powdered green tea extract, powdered grape seed extract, and powdered grape seed extract.

11. The beverage of claim 9 combined with each of concord grape concentrate, blueberry concentrate, red raspberry concentrate, powdered green tea extract, powdered grape seed extract, and powdered grape seed extract.

12. The beverage of claim 9 having the formula:

Weight % Range Core Ingredient Mangosteen fruit pulp powder 2.0-5.0 Mangosteen pericarp extract powder 0.10-0.85 Red grape concentrate 5.0-7.5 Lycium extract powder  0.1-0.25 Sea buckthorn extract powder  0.1-0.25 Apple fruit extract powder 0.02-0.1  Optional Ingredients Concord grape concentrate   5-7.5 Blueberry concentrate 2.5-5.0 Red raspberry concentrate   1-2.5 Green tea extract powder 0.02-0.1  Grape seed extract powder 0.02-0.1  Grape skin extract powder 0.5-1.0 Water Balance to 100

13. The beverage of claim 12 in which the concentrates are in the form of a quad-blend having the formula:

Quad-Blend Ingredient Weight % Range in Blend Red grape concentrate 25.4-38.1 Concord grape concentrate 25.4-38.1 Blueberry concentrate 12.7-25.4 Red raspberry concentrate  5.1-12.7

14. The beverage of claim 9 having the formula:

Ingredient Quad wt. % Gram wt. Wt. % Quad-blend: 155.17 Red grape concentrate* 36.0 55.86 7.09 Concord grape concentrate 36.0 55.86 7.09 Blueberry concentrate 21.5 33.36 4.23 Red raspberry concentrate 6.53 10.09 1.28 Mangosteen fruit pulp powder* 18.50 2.35 Mangosteen pericarp extract* 1.50 0.19 Green tea extract 80% powder 0.15 0.02 Lycium extract powder* 0.75 0.10 Sea buckthorn extract powder* 0.75 0.10 Grape seed extract powder 0.15 0.02 Applephenpn SH powder* 0.15 0.02 Grape skin extract powder 5.00 0.63 Water 606.00 76.89 Total 788.12 100.0

15. The beverage of claim 1 in which the mangosteen pericarp extract is obtained by extracting mangosteen pericarp with ethanol.

16. The beverage of claim 15 in which the mangosteen pericarp extract is dried under vacuum.

17. The beverage of claim 1 in which the mangosteen pericarp extract is obtained by extracting mangosteen pericarp with a 50% ethanol, 50% water solution, and the extract dried under vacuum.

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