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Peruvian Naturals supports oregano farmer Pablo Edgar

If you’re watching our philanthropy program, you may have noticed radio silence last month. That’s because Peruvian Naturals lost money in September … it’s part of business, and fortunately much of it can be attributed to our launching many new products including Maca Powder, Cacao, Camu Camu and more. Fortunately we’re back in the black and …

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Introducing Organic Camu Camu Powder and Capsules

Peruvian Naturals has just launched organic Camu Camu powder in both capsules and in bulk. The pouch comes with 3.5 ounces (100 grams) of certified-organic, dried Camu Camu berry powder. The bottle comes with 90 vegetarian capsules containing 500 milligrams of powder, one of which delivers 105% of your recommended daily intake of Vitamin C. …

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Introducing Organic Cacao Nibs and Powder

Among all our new products this year, Peruvian Naturals has launched organic Cacao Nibs and powder. The nibs come in an 8.8-ounce (250 grams) pouch. Nibs are the certified-organic filling of the cocoa bean. Power-packed with nutrition and bitter, they are more like nuts than chocolate. The powder is the flour of whole, unprocessed cocoa beans. It …

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Introducing Maca for Men and Maca for Women

Peruvian Naturals has just launched proprietary blends of Maca for men and women. As an adaptogen, standard Maca works fine for both men and women. But we wanted to offer a product specialized to the needs of each distinct need. Both bottles contain 90 vegetarian capsules filled with certified-organic, gelatinized Maca root powder. This is …

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Introducing Organic Maca Powder

Peruvian Naturals has just launched Organic Maca Powder in a one-pound resealable pouch for $11.99. And for a limited time we’re running a Buy 1 Get 1 Free promotion on Amazon.com. Add two pouches of our Maca powder to your cart. At checkout, apply this promo code: K9BJ26FY. That’s it! Here’s the copy-and-paste URL: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01GCTW56E …

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Test products in the US for a limited time

We’ve brought in a few dozen trial products to gauge your interest. Peruvian Naturals newsletter subscribers (and blog readers) can claim a 30% discount on orders of two or more products by emailing us directly at STORE [at] PERUVIANNATURALS [dot] COM. Or you can buy them on the Peruvian Naturals storefront on eBay. Below are the products …

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Peruvian Naturals supports Juan Carlos and Julio Miguel in Cajamarca, Peru

Peruvian Naturals has made a fresh round of micro-loans to small agricultural businesses in Peru with our pledged 3 percent of earnings. Below are the recipients’ stories. Our donation put Juan Carlos over the finish line for his loan and brought Julio Miguel within striking distance. Juan Carlos   Juan Carlos is 40 years old …

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Peruvian Naturals launches Kiva program to support agriculture in Peru

Donating to the flood relief in Peru after the coastal El Niño of 2017 helped us realize something, if a bit late. We have gained so much from Peru, and specifically Peruvian agriculture, that we should be giving back every month … not just when disaster strikes. So Peruvian Naturals has made it a new …

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Why Peru still needs help after the Coastal El Niño

It’s that time of month again and Peruvian Naturals has just donated 3 percent of earnings to the relief effort after historic floods devastated northern Peru and other regions. Unfortunately there is less media attention now that the waters have receded, but the people of Peru need help. Peru’s president has said it will cost $9 …

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Don’t Just Take Chanca Piedra for Kidney Stones, Drink Lots of Water

The National Institute of Health recently published an article on kidney stones in its June 2017 newsletter. According to Pebbles in Your Plumbing: Flushing Kidney Stones, over 1 million people visit emergency rooms in the United States every year to treat kidney stones. Kidney stones are pebble-like crystals formed by excess minerals in the urine. …

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Peru still needs your help rebuilding after ‘Coastal El Niño’

While the media attention has faded just as quickly as the receding floodwaters, Peru still needs billions of dollars to rebuild infrastructure and help devastated families. The figures of people killed (at least 114) and left homeless (over 185,000) have stopped climbing, but the real work in Peru is just beginning. Over 1 million people …

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The Chinese have Sequenced the Maca Genome. Now what?

This article was published by Peruvian newspaper El Comercio’s science section. It is translated to English below. See the original article. The Andean highlands have very adverse conditions: high winds, extreme cold, low rainfall and harsh ultraviolet radiation. However, Maca (Lepidium meyenii) survives there and has been sustenance for Andean populations since ancient times. What …

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