High Priced Juicy Juice, Can It Last?

In the world's current economy, many businesses are closing or scaling back severely, and along with that trend, so are network marketing companies, or MLM's, Is the same thing now happening to the MLM juice market? Consumers are cutting back and economizing anywhere they can, and certainly "designer" types of beverages, as well as other types of expensive food and beverage products, are the first to go on a food budget. Interestingly, there is a growing number of network marketing companies that are still selling nutritional fruit juices or some other type of beverage. They all list the health benefits of their products, backing their claims with testimonials from customers who drink their juice..

Most of these MLMs are marketing the juices of fruits that are being "discovered" in the tropics. The most popular of these fruits is the acai berry and the mangosteen fruit; goji berries, amalaki fruit, wolfberry and the noni fruit are also being touted as "super" fruits. Other beverages are based on seaweed or other ingredients, like glutathione, cactus and aloe vera that act as antioxidants to boost your immune system and diminish inflammation within the body, particularly the joints, heart and brain. They may also increase energy and feelings of well being. Add to that spirulina and ocean coral minerals, and you've got yourself a power-packed drink to start your day or recover from brisk physical exercise, but there is a hefty price tag attached. Most sell from $30 to $40 a bottle for just an ounce of juice daily.

A trip to the grocery store will show you that MLMs are not the only ones selling these super fruits. V-8 has already added acai berry juice to some of their products, Bolthouse Farms has an acai berry and mangosteen juice, Glaceau also offers acai berry juice-based products, to name just a few; pomegranate has come to the forefront, and the list goes on and on. While MLM juices tend to retail at $30 to $40 per 32-ounce bottle. in the retail store the comparable juices sell for around $20 for a month's supply and eliminate the additional cost of shipping. Individual serving bottles run between $2 to $4. Here is just a short list of popular network marketing companies which derive their primary or sole income from super juices:

Nopalea
Efusion
Tahitian Noni
XanGo
Evolv Health
Vemma
Exfuse
Mona Vie
Zija
Mandura
Zrii
Limu

Can the long list of network marketing juices survive the economic downswing? How many people will continue to purchase "miracle" super-juice drinks which they have "auto-shipped" monthly through network marketing companies, and yet every month it seems a new and miraculous fruit is discovered in exotic parts of the world that boasts super nutrition, longer life and and tries to one-up its competitors.