That is interesting...
although if you read the Viv*x ingredients the resveratrol comes from "Polygonum Cuspidatum" (root) which is actually Japanese knotweed, and not the so called "super grape". So it appears these patents are not being used at all, and as much as they want to say "super grape" in the marketing, the grape supplies no trans-resveratrol for this product, as it's not found in the ingredient list.
Does that mean the "extra chromosome" prevents the super grape from manufacturing trans-resveratrol in it's skin, and that the grape is in fact not a "super grape", but a "crippled grape" instead?
Anyone else know why they had to add "knotweed resveratrol" to their grape product instead of grape skin resveratrol?
(I know I am being a little cheeky here, but if the marketing is about a "super grape", I should ask the questions that come to mind when I see the ingredient list from this product.)
If I were a regular customer, and didn't know any better, I would wonder about this issue:
1- It would make no sense that when a super grape is what is being marketed, I would expect to see super resveratrol from the super grape... but in it's place is regular knotweed resveratrol (that is found in much cheaper products).
2- If I know that knotweed resveratrol is in this product... I need to understand why I paying the extra money. (What do the other ingredients bring to the table?)
3- If I bought this product thinking the resveratrol came from a super grape (and that this made it 10x better), and then find that it doesn't come from the grape at all ... would I be upset about the marketing that lead me to believe this? Would I have made a different choice if I knew the real story upfront?
I personally believe it's just interesting marketing at this point.
cheers
A
Edited by Anthony_Loera, 24 August 2008 - 07:02 PM.