ORAC scores? What’s that and why does it matter you may ask? ORAC stands for Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity. It’s a lab test that attempts to quantify the “total antioxidant capacity” (TAC) of a food by placing a sample of the food in a test tube, along with certain molecules that generate free radical activity and certain other molecules that are vulnerable to oxidation. Let’s see why our Moringa products can help get rid of free radical damage affecting you…
In an independent test, Moringa oleifera scored the highest in antioxidant content of any food yet discovered. Beating the record-holding acai berry by over a 50%margin, Moringa oleifera leaf powder measured over 157,000 umoles using the Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity (ORAC) system of measurement. Note: This measurement system is controversial but the only one available so far.
What’s so super about it? Moringa powder is high in iron, which can help combat fatigue and foggy thinking), as well as protein and calcium.
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The antioxidant values of foods listed are expressed in ORAC (Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity) units, a unit of measurement for antioxidant content which was originally developed by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
You can browse foods alphabetically to find their ORAC values, or if you want to get straight to the best antioxidants and purported anti-aging “superfoods”, you can view them sorted by their ORAC values – higher values imply a higher measured amount of in vitro antioxidant activity.
We regularly update this database with new foods as well as existing value updates, when applicable. Date of most recent update: March 15, 2017.
