Revealing Rooibos Research

In the 1980’s Japanese and American scientists found a powerful and stable antioxidant called super-oxide dismutase in Rooibos tea. In 1995 Infruitec, a South African research company, as well as Dr Charlene Marais of the University of the Free State, found and verified that Rooibos tea did indeed have the following properties:

• Anti-allergic
• Antioxidant
• Anti-bacterial
• Anti-inflammatory
• Anti-viral
• No caffeine and very low tannin from pure Rooibos leaves
• Anti-spasmodic
• Anti-ageing

Rooibos tea is enjoying increasing popularity around the world.