Mangosteen Juice
Avoid commercial mangosteen juice
(Garcinia mangostana)
Garcinia indica
Kokum
Avoid commercially bottled prepared mangostein juice. It has additives, travels a distance to get to market, and not very fresh. Mangosteen juice comes from either an extract; a substance made by extracting a part of a raw material, often by using a solvent such as ethanol or water or from a concentrate which is the form of substance which has had the majority of its base component removed. You need the whole mangosteen fruit processed in such a way that you don't lose the precious xanthones. Check how much mangosteen is actually present. In the tropics one can enjoy the ripe fresh fruit always best.