I remember a while back that Monavie was running a promotion in which they were offering top distributors the chance to win a seat on the Virgin Galactic space shuttle. Here are a few examples of distributors using the Virgin Galactic promotion to lure new prospective Monavie distributors:

• Topgunmonavie.com
• Get-monavie.com
• Ron-yeap.blogspot.com
• JuzMonavie.com

In the original version of an Inc. magazine article on Monavie, Dallin Larsen was quoted as follows:

“We’ve contracted with Virgin Galactic, and whoever reaches the top will earn a trip to outer space. So we’ll be able to say that MonaVie’s a company that takes you in, around, and out of this world.”

However, I noticed recently that MonaVie retracted the statement and is now denying that they ever had any deal with Virgin Galactic.

“The original version of this story, which appeared in the October 2009 issue, incorrectly stated that MonaVie contracted with Virgin Galactic to send its distributors on a commercial space flight. The two companies do not have a formal contract.”

Originally posted 2010-05-10 09:23:05.

MonaVie says four ounces of MonaVie Original (and Active) has an ORAC score of between 4,000 to 5,000 units (see #11).

However, the AIBMR study done by Dr. Alex Schauss concludes “the total antioxidant capacity of the JB (i.e. MonaVie) measured by ORAC is 22.8 umol/mL.” Using simple math, we can conclude that 4 ounces (or 118ml) of MonaVie has an ORAC score of 2690 (22.8 multiplied by 118 is 2690). AIBMR’s research is sponsored by MonaVie and done by MonaVie Advisor Dr. Alex Schauss.

MonaVie knows that the ORAC score of four ounces of it’s juice is 2690, but claims it has nearly twice that in the material they circulate to the public and distributors. Isn’t that lying? What am I missing here?

Originally posted 2009-10-31 08:32:23.