NaturalNews April 1 2014
USDA certified organic mangosteen powder imported into the USA from Thailand and sold as a bulk material to numerous superfood manufacturers and retailers has been confirmed at the Natural News Forensic Food Labs to be heavily contaminated with alarming levels of lead (see laboratory results below). While the Certificate of Analysis (C of A) for the material claims the mangosteen powder contains just .056 ppm of lead (56 ppb), triple lab testing by Mike Adams at the Natural News Forensic Food Labs has confirmed the powder actually contains over 11 ppm of lead (11,000+ ppb), a truly alarming concentration of a toxic substance.
This heavily contaminated organic mangosteen powder is currently offered for sale in bulk quantities to anyone who wishes to buy it, repackage it, and retail it in the USA. This material could theoretically appear in any mangosteen product sold throughout the USA, including superfood powders, bulk powders sold on Amazon.com and even in mangosteen beverages.
Nearly 100 times more toxic lead
A “normal” mangosteen powder will typically show only 0.12 to 0.17 ppm of lead. But this USDA certified organic mangosteen powder contains nearly 100 times the typical levels of lead (and is obviously contaminated). This also tells you that in some cases, “organic” means nothing at all.