The company's lead product, Manapol , is simply aloe vera juice. Mannatech promoters acknowledge that many counterfeit products emerged during past aloe vera fads, but they claim that this juice is the real thing. It is generally acknowledged that breaking off a leaf from a living aloe vera plant and applying the juice to a burn is an excellent first aid measure. Aloe vera juice is also used in burn wards to soothe, protect and moisten wounds. The problem with marketing the juice is that it doesn't keep well.
Processing inactivates the ingredient that produces the desired effects.
So, many aloe vera products contain processed juice that has lost the plant's helpful properties. Mannatech has a licensing agreement with Carrington Laboratories, an aloe processor that has a jaded history on Wall Street in connection with its product Carrisyn . AIDS is a buzzword that sends stocks flying. However, the FDA denied that it had issued an IND for Carrisyn . It had only assigned a number to Carrington's IND application.