Organic green maté

For an antioxidant and stimulating infusion

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Organic green maté
For an antioxidant and stimulating infusion

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Green maté 300 g
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Made in France | Lot: D16510 | Expiration date (End Of): 03/2025 Ref. KM07

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Ingredients: Organic green maté

Thick-cut organic green maté leaves (Ilex paraguariensis A.St.-Hil.).

FOOD ALLERGENS:

This product does not contain allergens (in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011) nor genetically modified organisms.

Updated on 2025/04/18

Description: Organic green maté

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ORGANIC GREEN MATÉ
 

Discover the legendary Guaraní drink!

The leaves of mate are rich in stimulating caffeine, vitamins, minerals and antioxidants: it contains more polyphenols than green tea! A diuretic drink, consumed more widely than tea and coffee in Latin America, mate also helps to reduce appetite and aids weight loss.

POWDER’s organically grown green mate leaves are infused to obtain a pleasant and revitalising drink with a bitter taste.

DESCRIPTION

The yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis A. St.-Hil.) is a large shrub belonging to the  Ilicaceae  family that can grow up to 20 m tall. It is native to the subtropical zones of South America, such as Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil, where it grows near to waterways.

Resembling holly, mate has evergreen, olive-coloured leaves and white flowers with 4 or 5 petals. Its fruit is a small reddish-purple drupe the size of a pepper, which contains 4 seeds inside (1, 2).

To be consumed, mate leaves are steeped in water to compact against the walls of a calabash gourd, called a mate or cuia. Four types of drinks can be made in this way, and are consumed by sucking the beverage through a metal straw called a ‘bombilla’. Two of the drinks are made with dried and crushed green leaves, using hot water for chimarrão and with cold water for tereré. Mate tea is prepared with toasted and infused leaves. The fourth drink, mate cocido, is the name referring to the green yerba mate leaves sold in small tea bags (3-5).

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Before the Europeans arrived in America, the Guaraní people were already consuming mate, called Ca'á, as a stimulant, laxative, hallucinogen, abortifacient or emetic (3). They also bathed in infusions of leaves dried in the sun, since shamans attributed them with a divine origin (created by the supreme god Tupá) and supernatural powers (6).

Infusions of the crushed and dried leaves and branches of mate are now consumed by millions of people. In its countries of origin, it is a replacement for tea and coffee, and an average of 1-2 litres per day is consumed (3, 5). It is usually drunk continuously in small sips, accompanying all daily activities. This avoids the peaks and troughs in active principles in the blood that tend to be associated with tea and coffee (5).

Mate is also used in products such as beers, energy drinks, creams, sweets and food supplements (5). Argentina is the main exporter of mate, while Uruguay has the highest per capita consumption, at between 6-8 kg per person per year (5).

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COMPOSITION AND BENEFITS

Mate leaf contains xanthines (caffeine (0.4-1.6%), theobromine and theophylline), vitamins from group B, A, C and E, minerals (aluminum, chromium, iron, manganese, nickel, potassium and zinc), flavonoids, terpene saponins, tannins and phenolic acid derivatives (derived from caffeine, such as caffeic acid and chlorogenic acid) (3, 7, 8).

Mate is hypocholesterolemic, hepato- and cardioprotective (8).

It contains more polyphenols than green tea (9, 10). These compounds are powerful antioxidants that interfere in the absorption of glucose and capture free radicals (5, 8).

Mate’s caffeine stimulates the nervous system, has an ergogenic effect and increases wakefulness. It also improves peripheral vasodilatation and vasoconstriction at cranial level, which is why it has been recommended for combating migraines (7).

As well as being a diuretic (8), it has been shown that mate infusions reduce appetite (7). It helps with weight loss, thanks to the lipolytic activity of the caffeine and saponins, which intervene in the metabolism of cholesterol and in the absorption of fats in the intestine (8).

BIBLIOGRAPHY

  1. Serra, B. I., & Lluís, J. (2001). Gran enciclopedia de las plantas medicinales: medicina natural del tercer milenio/Josep Lluís Berdonces I Serra (No. C 615.321 B47 [19--].).
  2. Serra, B., & Serra, J. L. J. L. B. (2009). Gran diccionario ilustrado de las Plantas Medicinales: descripción y aplicaciones, El Libro más completo sobre fitoterapia. Océano Ambar.
  3. Shekhar, H. U. et al. (2017). Exploring the Nutrition and Health Benefits of Functional Foods. Ed. Medical Information Science Reference. IG Global.
  4. Belitz, H. D., & Grosch, W. Food Chemistry. 1999.
  5. Bracesco, N. et al. (2011). Recent advances on Ilex paraguariensis research: minireview. Journal of ethnopharmacology, 136(3), 378-384.
  6. Ricca, J. (2012). El mate. SUDAMERICANA.
  7. Vanaclocha, B. V., & Folcara, S. C. (Eds.). (2003). Fitoterapia: vademécum de prescripción (Vol. 12). Barcelona: Masson.
  8. Heck, C. I., & De Mejia, E. G. (2007). Yerba Mate Tea (Ilex paraguariensis): a comprehensive review on chemistry, health implications, and technological considerations. Journal of food science, 72(9).
  9. Gugliucci, A. et al. (2009). Chlorogenic acid protects paraoxonase 1 activity in high density lipoprotein from inactivation caused by physiological concentrations of hypochlorite. Fitoterapia 80, 138–142.
  10. Gugliucci, A. et al. (2009). Caffeic and chlorogenic acids in Ilex paraguariensis extracts are the main inhibitors of AGE generation by methylglyoxal in model proteins. Fitoterapia, 80(6), 339-344.
Updated on 2021/03/08

Use: Organic green maté

DIRECTIONS:

For a cup (200 ml): pour water at 100 ºC over 2.8 g of maté and infuse for 5-10 minutes.

STORAGE INSTRUCTIONS:

Store in a cool dry place away from sunlight.

Updated on 2023/04/18

Quality: Organic green maté

PRODUCT NAME

Organic green maté

BOTANICAL NAME

Ilex paraguariensis A.St.-Hil.

REFERENCE

KM07

QUANTITY

300 g

BATCH NUMBER

D16510

EXPIRATION DATE

2025/03

MADE

In France

FABRICATION AND GUARANTEE:

This food is manufactured under a GMP-compliant. GMPs are the Good Manufacturing Practice guidelines for the European food industry.

Organic products at Anastore are produced in accordance with Council Regulation (EU) No 2018/848 of 30 May 2018 and its subsequent amendments on organic production and the labelling of organic products, with the aim of ensuring consumer confidence and protecting consumer interests.

Certificate issue date: 2023/04/18

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