In a message dated 10/17/04 11:21:42 AM, branden_jms@... writes:

<< Laura cited an excellent Noni website, www.trunoni.com that has a link to

Forbes magazine who reported that TNI's product only contains $2 worth of

juice. How is it that True Noni can use only Noni fruit picked by Americans
in

their product and charge only $17 per bottle? >>

In the Forbes report it is sited that an estimated $2 worth of fruit goes
into each bottle. This information was made up by the reporter and does not in
anyway reflect the actual cost of goods sold for a bottle of TNJ. TNI has
never released the amount of fruit it takes to make one liter of juice, as this
is part of our proprietary formula. He also takes no account for harvesting
fees, transportation from a small island in Tahiti, maintenance of the trees,
employees, processing costs, bottling costs, labeling costs, handling costs,
Q&A costs, research, taxes, etc. This is a gross over simplification and
misrepresentation of the actual costs of producing a bottle of TNJ.