OBTAINED THROUGH THE CLASSIC PROCESS OF EXTRACTING THE RESIN USING 96% ALCOHOL AND THEN SEPARATING IT WITH VACUUM DISTILLATION. IT IS A 100% NATURAL PRODUCT. MATE RESIN IS EXTRACTED FROM THE FRESH GREEN LEAVES OF THE YERBA MATE, SCIENTIFICALLY KNOWN AS ILEX PARAGUARIENSIS. IT IS A WAX-FREE PRODUCT, MANUFACTURED FOR THE FIRST TIME FROM FRESH LEAVES. OTHER MATE PRODUCTS, SUCH AS MATE ABS AND MATE OIL, ARE PRODUCED FROM THE DRIED LEAF, LOSING SOME OF ITS OLFACTORY AND GUSTATORY PROPERTIES.
