Accept No Substitutes

Consumers need to know that the marketplace is full of imitations, offshoots and derivatives of scientifically proven and patented natural products. Those who are looking for a product that will produce the proven results and not just the "claimed" or "implied" results, want the authentic product that was used in the actual scientific research. This is especially important when you buy a product labeled as "grape seed extract" or "pine bark extract."

"OPC" and "Proanthocyanidins" are
Unreliable Names in the Marketplace

When reading product labels, magazine articles and many popular books, the terms "OPC" and "proanthocyanidins" should be considered as generic words and not scientific whatsoever. In most cases, the terms are used as equivalent to "grape seed extract" or "pine bark extract" for commercial interests—or by mistake—and their differences have truly lost all scientific meaning. For example, independent testing found that a leading American brand of grape seed extract, which is labeled as containing "OPCs," contained no active OPCs (oligomeric proanthocyanidins)—the active ingredient that gave "grape seed extract" it's fame. (It's important to note that the same tests demonstrated that Flavay® scores the highest as an antioxidant and as a free radical scavenger, which is precisely the free radical scavenging effect that Dr. Masquelier invented and claimed in U.S. Patent 4,698,360.)

Unfortunately, many companies have used Dr. Jack Masquelier’s name and research in unauthorized ways to promote illegitimate extracts. There are many, many suppliers of grape seed and pine bark extracts who use various and unproven manufacturing processes, which leads to widespread differences in products labeled at "grape seed extract" or "pine bark extract" in the marketplace. Together with widespread confusion and misunderstanding as to the differences between vague "extracts" and their active principles, it's practically impossible for retailers and consumers to distinguish inferior products from quality ones.

Flavay® is the Name You Can Trust

Flavay® is the genuine antioxidant that Dr. Jack Masquelier used in the actual experiments by which he established and patented the radical scavenger effect. Flavay® is the precisely defined active polyphenol complex patented and perfected by the inventor, Dr. Masquelier, validated by the French Ministry of Health and documented by a library of research consisting of many patents and hundreds of scientific papers, articles, doctorate theses, lectures and presentations. For quality, consistency, bioavailability and safety, consumers may rely upon Flavay®.

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