About Mate tea

To a person who wants to know more about Mate Tea, there is information.

Mate tea is said it's one of the three major beverages which are coffee, English tea and Mate tea.

is made without any pesticides by Agricultural cooperative associations "Ruiz de Montoya" from Argentina. Persistency of safety of food made our Mate Tea acquired Japanese Agricultural Standard, is called "JAS mark". Mate tea which is one of the three major beverages in the world is loved by many people in the world.

In South America, meat is quite necessary in their eating habits.

South American countries are areas where more beef is consumed than European countries and the US. The difference is quite obvious to compare with Japan. Furthermore, most of them don't have culinary plants, but they have only bread and potatoes, corn as the staple food. The balance of the nutrient for them seems to be too partial, but their corpulence rate is not very high. And the key which solves this mystery is in Mate tea.

According to the survey, the corpulence rate is not much high though there is much consumption of beef in Argentina.

The reason why Mate tea is called "Salad of drinking"

Polyphenol and flavonoid with having antioxygenation are much included in vegetables. And these nutrients played role that it was very important for health maintenance. it has become clear in a study to include flavonoid in Mate tea as equal to vegetables. Seemingly, the eating habit of South Americans which was said to be unbalanced was actually proved to be kept good balance by Mate tea. is called "Salad of drinking".

Mate tea is a treasure house of vitamins mineral and dietary fiber

It's been found that a tree of Mate contains rich vitamins, mineral, and dietary fiber including flavonoid. And there is a reason in the soil where trees of Mate are cultivated. The soil where trees of Mate are cultivated in the area around Iguazu Falls is red earth (terra rossa) .It contains rich iron content and calcium, and they affect trees of Mate.