Is Grape Seed Extract the same as Grape Pips?
The meaning of pip is seed, so grape seeds and grape pips are two terms for the same thing. Grape seed extract is a concentrated form of the powerful anti-antioxidant proanthocyanid found in grape seeds. Grape seeds are pressed to yield grape seed extract. Grape seed extract, or grape pip extract, is a waste product of the wine and grape juice industry, because they don’t go into the finished drinks. However, the extract contains the most anti-oxidants. Grape pip extracts contain the flavonol proanthocyanidin from grape seeds, in a concentrated form, which provides powerful antioxidant activity against peroxyl free radicals, and supports capillary integrity. Grape seed proanthocyanidins were originally discovered and patented by the same man–a French researcher named Jacques Masquelier– who discovered pycnogenol in pine bark extract, and are the main phenolic antioxidants found in red wine. These proanthogcyanidins have undergone extensive clinical and toxicological studies, and exhi
