IS OBTAINED FROM THE LEAVES AND SMALL BRANCHES OF THE MATE TREE ORIGINATED FROM PARAGUAY. THE LEAVES AND SMALL BRANCHES OF THE MATE TREE ARE DISTILLED WITH STEAM DISTILLATION, BEING OBTAINED AN AQUEOUS EXTRACT 100% PURE AND NATURAL. THIS AQUEOUS EXTRACT IS AGAIN RE-DISTILLED UNTIL ITS MAXIMUM ALLOWED CONCENTRATION RESULTING IN A CONCENTRATED MATE EXTRACT BUT WITH RETAINED WATER IMPOSSIBLE TO SEPARATE BY PHYSICAL METHODS; REASON WHY IT IS FURTHERED PROCEEDED TO THE EXTRACTION OF THE ACTIVE PRINCIPLES (MATE ESSENTIAL OIL) WITH THE BENZYL SALICYLATE, RESULTING THE MATE OIL WITH BENZYL SALICYLATE.
