A reader in Germany informed us of the following; Aloha News Europe found in research for the World Expo 2000 in Hannover, Germany, that all claims that Noni was a drink in ancient Polynesia are not true. Natives told ANE, that the ancient ones until today used noni juice only outward of the body on the skin to help with burns to relief. Wounds would heal much faster and prevent scars. Nobody would drink it.

The price per liter (about 1 quart of a gallon) in Polynesia was offered at that time from native farmers who just started to grow Noni to meet white mans desires with 30 Pfennigs (0,30 Deustsche Mark / equals 15 Cents US). Only one year later the price was increased to 6 DM / 3 US$.

All Noni Products offered at the Pacific Hall 22 on the EXPO fair grounds, from Samoa and Vanuatu islands were conficated by the police, and had to leave Europe with the end of the EXPO. Beside juice there were offered Noni Sweets and Noni Dagree, a half months supply was retail 12 DM / 6 US$.

At that time Noni was illegal to import to Germany and juices tested in Hamburg and Wuerzburg state healthauthority laboratories found even Rubiadins in one brand from USA, which causes cancer, due to the use of the roots and leaves of the noni plant.