Costa Rican Noni vs. TAHITIAN NONI™ /Hawaiian Noni
So how does Costa Rican Noni compare to other brands such as TAHITIAN NONI™ and Hawaiian Noni?
This is a great question if you are new to buying Noni products and wish to choose a Noni product and get the best product for your money.
There are a few main differences particularly between our juice and TAHITIAN NONI™. But before we discuss this I wanted to make one blanket or general statement.
Noni is Noni wherever it is grown, cultivated, picked and used to make Juice. Because it is grown in Tahiti or Hawaii does not make it better than Noni grown in Costa Rica or anywhere else. The products that are made from fruit in Tahiti and Hawaii are good products, the same as the ones in Costa Rica.
1. The first major difference between Costa Rican and TAHITIAN NONI™ is how the juice is made. Both Costa Rican and TAHITIAN are made from puree. This involves using the whole fruit, and creating a puree from ripe fruit that looks much like applesauce. TAHITIAN NONI™ diverges from Costa Rican when it is then shipped to their processing center in Utah where it is reconstituted, water is added back in and other juice concentrates like grape and blueberry are added before it is heat pasteurized and then bottled. Reconstituted juices are much like the ones that you can find in cans in the supermarket. For example, you can buy a small round can of orange juice and by adding 2 quarts of water you make a "regular" orange juice.
Costa Rican Noni Juice is made from a puree and it is produced, pasteurized and bottled right at the factory here in Costa Rica and is NOT reconstituted. Also, our juice is 100% Noni Juice, no other juice concentrates are added to dilute it. We do add a very small amount of citric acid to create a more palatable taste.
2. The second major difference between Costa Rican Noni and TAHITIAN NONI™ is the price. TAHITIAN NONI™ is set up as a network marketing or multi-level marketing company (much like Amway here in my home town of Grand Rapids). While this in and of itself is not bad, it does bring added costs to the final consumer. What stands between you the consumer and the actual bottle of Noni is many people that are "upline" recieving commissions from the sale of the juice. At the time of this writing, TAHITIAN NONI™ is selling for $42 dollars a bottle. Forbes Magazine wrote on May 24, 2004 that from the cost of a bottle of TAHITIAN NONI™ at $42, it is estimated that "$2.00 of fruit goes into each bottle." Costa Rican Noni has one of the most competitive costs per bottle on the market today.
Costa Rican Noni also sells juice that has been made through a process of the "Juice Only Method." This involves picking ripe noni and leaving it in large vats for a period of time and over time the juice either drips out naturally or the fruit is pressed and the juice is extracted that way. It is then filtered, pasteurized and bottled. This is the most common way for making Noni juice and this is how Hawaiian Noni is made. Please see the pros and cons of the Juice Only Method and The Puree Method of making Noni Juice (FAQ Page).
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