Additional Questions to Consider – Super Foods: Camu Camu in Peru
1. What does “superfood” stand for? How different is it from the conventional food? What
benefits does it bring to consumers?
there are certain types of foods that are beneficial to human health beyond the conventional
nutritional values. a product that improves life expectancy and also combats increasing
obesity that developed countries, like the United State
2. What is the functional foods/superfoods segment suffering from now? Why these failures?
Law regulations due to novel food
3. What are the unique characteristics of camu camu?
Camu camu (Myrciaria dubia) is a small tree or shrub
that grows in the Amazon regions of Peru. It typically
grows in the flooded areas near the river. Its fruit
contains high levels of natural vitamin C, ranging from
1,500 to 2,000, and in some exceptional cases 3,130 mg
of ascorbic acid per 100 grs of fresh pulp.11 To put this
into context, camu camu contains up to 30 times more
vitamin C than an orange.
