Question : What is the history of Chyavanaprash?
Answer : Chyavanaprash is a 2,000-year-old recipe that has been safely and effectively used for years to promote youthfulness of mind and body.
Question : What are the benefits of Chyavanaprash?
Answer : Chyavanaprash helps support proper immune system function, provides overall well-being, energy, vitality, and supports better digestion and metabolism.
Question : What are the ingredients in Himalaya Chyavanaprash?
Answer : Himalaya Chyavanaprash contains a proprietary blend of traditional fruits, stems, roots, flowers, leaves, whole plant parts, honey, milk, and clarified butter.
Question : Is this a plastic container?
Answer : Yes and it contains chemical preservatives
Question : Where are the ingredients?
Answer : Amla (fruit), cane sugar, purified water, clarified butter, arrowroot (rhizome), long pepper (fruit), malay bush beech (stem), shatavari (root), grape (fruit), ashwagandha (root), cardamom (fruit), cinnamon (bark), solanum anguivi (whole plant), yellow-fruit nightshade (whole plant), Malabar nut tree (aerial part), air potato (tuber), potassium sorbate (preservative), sodium benzoate (preservative), Indian cassia (leaf), mesua (flower), oroxylum (stem), tribulus (fruit), heart-leaf sida (root), phyllanthus (whole plant), leptadenia (aerial part), Indian elecampane (root), chebulic myrobalan (fruit rind), Indian tinospora (stem), spiked ginger lily (rhizome), cyperus (tuber), boerhavia (root), sacred lotus (flower), martynia annua (fruit), vetiver (root)
Question : It has listed sodium benzoate in it, this combines with vitamin C (amla) to form benzene, a notable carcinogen. Please comment on that.
Answer : Himalaya Chyavanprash does not contain benzene. The formation of benzene requires specific conditions that are not present in this product.
Question : I would like to see a list of ALL the ingredients in this, what are they?
Answer : Amla (fruit), cane sugar, purified water, clarified butter, arrowroot (rhizome), long pepper (fruit), malay bush beech (stem), shatavari (root), grape (fruit), ashwagandha (root), cardamom (fruit), cinnamon (bark), solanum anguivi (whole plant), yellow-fruit nightshade (whole plant), Malabar nut tree (aerial part), air potato (tuber), potassium sorbate (preservative), sodium benzoate (preservative), Indian cassia (leaf), mesua (flower), oroxylum (stem), tribulus (fruit), heart-leaf sida (root), phyllanthus (whole plant), leptadenia (aerial part), Indian elecampane (root), chebulic myrobalan (fruit rind), Indian tinospora (stem), spiked ginger lily (rhizome), cyperus (tuber), boerhavia (root), sacred lotus (flower), martynia annua (fruit), vetiver (root)
Question : It seems the second ingredient on the order I received is sugar. Honey is not listed. Just wondering what is up with that?
Answer : The sugar used in Himalaya Chyavanprash is a traditional raw sugar sourced from the top part of the sugar cane. It is referred to as sugar on the label due to labeling laws.
Question : Does this product have nuts?
Answer : Himalaya Chyavanprash contains Chinese Pistachio Gall and Malabar Nut Tree, which should be considered tree nut ingredients.
Question : Does this product need refrigeration after opening?
Answer : No, it does not need refrigeration.
Question : Does it have white sugar in it?
Answer : The sugar used in Himalaya Chyavanprash is a traditional raw sugar sourced from the top part of the sugar cane. It is referred to as sugar on the label due to labeling laws.
Question : Where is it made? Is it a product of India?
Answer : Yes, it is manufactured by Himalaya at their facility in India.