Yerba Mate Extract Powder

What’s Yerba Mate Extract Powder？

Mate Tea Leaf Extract is derived from the leaves of Mate Tea, a traditional South American beverage. Maté tea contains a variety of beneficial phytonutrients, including xanthines, caffeoyl derivatives, saponins and polyphenols. Matei tea extract is commonly used in supplements, health foods or as an additive in functional foods and beverages. It can be incorporated into capsules, oral liquids or powdered blends for consumers with different needs.

Yerba Mate Extract Powder has a variety of effects, mainly including the following aspects:

Antioxidant: Mate tea is rich in antioxidant components, such as polyphenols, flavonoids and so on. These antioxidants can remove free radicals from the body, reduce oxidative stress responses, and help prevent aging and related diseases, such as cardiovascular disease and cancer.
Promote metabolism: Some ingredients in mate extract can promote fat metabolism, accelerate the breakdown and consumption of fat. At the same time, it can also regulate the body’s metabolic function, helping to maintain good health.
Refreshing: Mate tea contains caffeine and other similar stimulants, which can stimulate the central nervous system, improve the excitability of the brain, make people feel refreshed and focused, and help relieve fatigue and improve mental state.
Improve digestive function: Mate extract helps to promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, enhance digestive function, relieve indigestion, bloating, constipation and other problems. At the same time, it can also regulate the intestinal flora and maintain intestinal health.
Reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease: The active ingredients in mate tea can lower blood lipids, lower blood pressure, inhibit platelet aggregation and other effects, help to improve cardiovascular function and reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.
Although Yerba Mate Extract Powder has many of the above potential effects, it should not be considered as a medicine to treat diseases. When using Yerba Mate Extract Powder or related products, the principle of appropriate amount should also be followed to avoid the adverse effects that may be caused by excessive intake.

Yerba Mate extract powder is used in many fields, here are some common ones:

Food and beverage field

Functional food additives: Since Yerba mate extract powder has antioxidant, metabolic and other effects, it can be added as a functional ingredient to all kinds of food, such as biscuits, bread, energy bars, etc., to increase the nutritional value of food, while helping consumers get the health benefits of mate tea in their daily diet.
Tea drinks: can be used to prepare tea drinks, not only to retain the unique flavor of mate tea, but also convenient for consumers to drink anytime and anywhere, to meet people’s needs for healthy drinks. It can also be mixed with other plant extracts or juices to develop new beverages with unique flavors and compound effects.

Health products field

Capsules and tablets: The Yerba mate extract powder is made into capsules or tablets, which is easy for consumers to take quantitatively, and can be used to relieve fatigue, improve immunity, assist in regulating blood lipids and blood sugar, etc., to meet the health needs of different people.
Oral liquid preparation: made into oral liquid form, can be absorbed by the body faster, suitable for those who have difficulty taking capsules or tablets, but also easy to add other nutrients, made of complex nutritional supplements.

Cosmetics field

Skin care products: Due to its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, Yerba mate extract powder can be added to skin care products such as lotions, creams, serums, etc. to help reduce the damage of free radicals to the skin, prevent skin aging, soothe the skin, reduce inflammation, suitable for all skin types, especially sensitive skin.
Hair care products: Added to shampoos, conditioners or hair masks, they nourish the scalp, promote blood circulation to the scalp, improve hair texture, make hair more supple and shiny, and help reduce dandruff.

Medical field

Adjuvant treatment: Although it cannot be used directly as a drug to treat diseases, some components of Yerba mate extract powder have shown certain medicinal potential in medical research. For example, its antioxidant and metabolic regulation effects can play a certain role in the adjuvant treatment of cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and other chronic diseases, helping to improve the physical condition of patients.
Pharmaceutical intermediates: The active ingredients can be used as pharmaceutical intermediates for the synthesis or development of new drugs, providing the basis for the development of new drugs to treat related diseases.

In addition, Yerba mate extract powder is also added to some animal feeds to improve the health of animals, promote growth and development, and improve the quality of animal products.