There are many products on the market that use their aloe vera content as a selling point, but this can range anywhere from a 2% concentration to more than 90%. That's why it's important to understand the difference between aloe vera gel, juice, concentrate, and extract.
Gel is the crushed pulp of the leaf, rich in polysaccharides, vitamins, and minerals. However, it may contain aloin, a naturally occurring substance in the plant with a laxative effect, which is removed during processing to produce the juice.
Juice is the most beneficial way to consume aloe vera, it doesn't contain aloin, but it retains the rest of the plant's beneficial components.
Concentrate is dehydrated aloe vera gel, while extract is a powder-based preparation mixed with water, usually containing less than 10% aloe vera. These powder-based products lack the plant's original properties, since the freeze-drying process used to create the powder strips away much of what makes aloe vera beneficial in the first place.
Most manufacturers use powder, due to the cost and logistics savings it entails: it is more expensive to transport vats of Aloe juice than the already dehydrated powder product, and to add water later.
HOW DO THESE DIFFERENCES AFFECT OUR SKIN?
Aloe vera contains vitamins, minerals, amino acids, enzymes, various secondary plant compounds and also mono- and polysaccharides. The most important ingredient is Aloverose, a complex sugar that only occurs in the species “Aloe barbadensis Miller” and that locks hydration full of active ingredients into the skin.
In healthy skin, the difference between a pure product. With high levels of Aloverosa, and another based on Aloe powders and water, it may not be appreciated as much.
When it comes to sensitive, damaged skin, burns, etc., the concentration of the active ingredients plays an important role.
Atlantia produces and produces its products based on pure Aloe vera in the Canary Islands. Which is a great advantage over other brands. The firm guarantees an Aloverosa level of 1,700 mg/l, a very high level compared to the market average. The difference between an unprocessed natural product and one that is processed is mainly found in the loss of its original properties.
Aloe is made up of very weak molecules, which causes it to deteriorate easily. Therefore, the sooner the product is cold stabilized and packaged, the better its active ingredients are preserved.
ATLANTIA, PURE AND PERFECT ALOE VERA JUICE
Atlantia has created ranges of products focused on the improvement and stability of health and beauty, for comprehensive care of the body. By using pure Aloe vera juice, Atlantia creams preserve all the active ingredients of the plant and provide everything necessary to show off radiant and luminous skin.
It also has products for both body care (shampoo, bath gel, moisturizing cream...), and for specific treatments (eye contour, foot repair cream, relax gel, etc.)
