Editing XanGo (section)

==Products==

Xango Juice was sold in the U.S. and (as of late-2011) exported to Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.<ref name="MNNA-7-30-07"/><ref name="BPP">Boey Ping Ping,[http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2007/7/8/lifeliving/18206277&sec=lifeliving "Queen of fruits, bottled"], ''The Star'', July 8, 2007</ref> The company began operating in Taiwan as of October 2007.<ref name="MNNA-7-30-07"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Multi juice |url=https://quatanghanquoc.vn/multi-juice-gia-bao-nhieu-multi-juice-chinh-hang.html |access-date=5 May 2023}}</ref>

The company's business model was direct sales via [[multi-level marketing]] rather than retail sales, mainly using a nine-level multi-level marketing structure.<ref>[http://www.xango.com/misc/comp_plan.html XanGo Compensation], company website, accessed February 16, 2007</ref> In June 2006, the company said it had 350,000 distributors.<ref name="DMN-6-11-07">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060613105624/http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,635213719,00.html "Hollister, Garrity build healthy business"], ''Deseret Morning News'', June 11, 2006</ref>  In July, the company told the [[Federal Trade Commission]] that there were "roughly 500,000 distributors worldwide",<ref name="FTC-July-2006"/> and in November, it reported having more than 600 employees at its Lehi headquarters and more than 500,000 independent distributors in 15 international markets.<ref name="PR-11-29-06">{{Citation |publication-date=November 28, 2006 |title=XanGo Top Executives Named as Finalists in National Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award® 2006 |type=press release |publisher=NewHope360 |url=http://newhope360.com/supply-news-amp-analysis/xango-top-executives-named-finalists-national-ernst-young-entrepreneur-year }}</ref>  In July 2007, it said it had about 700,000 distributors,<ref name="MNNA-7-30-07">[http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news_lite.php?id=276331 "XANGO To Make Malaysia Launching Pad For Its Product"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208160354/http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news_lite.php?id=276331 |date=2008-12-08 }}, Malaysian National News Agency, July 30, 2007</ref> of whom an estimated 70 percent simply use their status to buy the juice at the discounted membership price.<ref>Chuck Jaffe, [http://newsok.com/article/3110827/1188132707?mp=0 "Investing in juice hard to swallow"], ''The Oklahoman'', August 26, 2007</ref> In October 2008, it said that it operated in 24 countries and had more than 1 million independent distributors.<ref name="SLT-7Oct08">{{Citation |author=Tom Harvey |title=Business Digest |newspaper=[[The Salt Lake Tribune]] |publication-date=October 7, 2008 |url=http://www.sltrib.com/business/ci_10655285 |at=Leadership post |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012080415/http://www.sltrib.com/business/ci_10655285 |archive-date=October 12, 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref> As of 2013, the company stated that it operated in 43 countries.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.xango.com/about/company/about-xango#field-name-field-tab-1 |title=About XANGO &#124; XANGO |access-date=2013-04-16 |archive-date=2013-03-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130329033854/http://www.xango.com/about/company/about-xango#field-name-field-tab-1 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In the United States, Xango Juice sold for a retail price of $37.50 for a 750 ml (25.35 ounce) bottle.<ref name="XANGO: Solid, Simple, Sizzling"/>{{citation needed|date=May 2013}}

===Xango Juice composition===
Xango Juice was a blend of mangosteen [[aril]] and pericarp [[purée]] with juice concentrates of eight other fruits: [[apple]], [[pear]] (juice and purée), [[grape]], [[blueberry]], [[raspberry]], [[strawberry]], [[cranberry]] and [[cherry]].<ref>"Supplement facts", pop-up at [http://www.xango.com/drink/bottle.html The XanGo Bottle], XANGO website, accessed February 18, 2007</ref> Other ingredients include [[citric acid]], natural flavor, [[pectin]], [[xanthan gum]], [[sodium benzoate]], and [[potassium sorbate]].  Xango claimed its juice contains [[xanthonoid]] compounds from the mangosteen pericarp.<ref name="Test">Clarisse Douaud, [http://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/news/ng.asp?n=77971-xango-chromadex-mangosteen "XANGO plugs analytical method for xanthone content"], NutraIngredients.com, July 5, 2007. Retrieved July 19, 2007.</ref>

[[Associated Press]] commissioned the [[Linus Pauling Institute]] to measure the [[in vitro]] antioxidant strength of Xango Juice against [[retail]] fruit juices. The antioxidant strength of XanGo Juice measured slightly higher than cranberry juice but lower than black cherry and less than half the value for blueberry juice.<ref name="AP-Feb2008"/> However, the value of in vitro analysis of antioxidant strength is questionable, as there was no current evidence that antioxidant [[phytochemical]]s present in Xango or other fruit juices actually have functions inside the human body.<ref name="Frei">Frei B. [http://www.npicenter.com/anm/templates/newsATemp.aspx?articleid=23667&zoneid=258 Controversy: What are the true biological functions of superfruit antioxidants?] Natural Products Information Center, April 1, 2009 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090630062415/http://www.npicenter.com/anm/templates/newsATemp.aspx?articleid=23667&zoneid=258 |date=June 30, 2009 }}</ref> The measurements of antioxidant strength apply to test tubes, but consumed juices are affected by stomach acids that would neutralize or destroy antioxidant value preventing the same biological effects [[in vivo]].<ref name="AP-Feb2008"/><ref name="Frei"/><ref>{{cite journal |author=Lotito SB, Frei B |title=Consumption of flavonoid-rich foods and increased plasma antioxidant capacity in humans: cause, consequence, or epiphenomenon? |journal=Free Radical Biology & Medicine |volume=41 |issue=12 |pages=1727–46 |date=December 2006 |pmid=17157175 |doi=10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2006.04.033}}</ref>