Luo Han Kuo High in Antioxidants

Luo Han Kuo High in Antioxidants

WAREHAM, Mass.—

The Chinese fruit Luo Han Kuo (LHK) has greater antioxidant content than pomegranate, blueberry, blackberry, raspberry and cranberry, according to testing conducted by Brunswick Laboratories. Researchers tested the ORAC (Oxygen Radical Absorption Capacity) value of LHK (supplied by Longjiang River Health Products) and several other fruits. LHK as dry powder had an ORAC value of 210 ORAC units/g and as fresh fruit had an ORAC value of 195 ORAC units/g. The ORAC assay for pomegranate fruit measured 105 ORAC units/g, cranberry measured 93 ORAC units/g and blueberry measured 77 ORAC units/g. According to Longjiang River, the test results also showed LHK had four times as many ORAC units/g than blackberries and raspberries.