At the beginning, there was the end

“It all started with my burn out. Until then I had been working successfully in the advertising industry, but then nothing worked anymore. And as things so often play out in life, I came into contact with a Buddhist master. Despite initial doubts, I decided to follow her advice to go to a monastery in Hawaii for a year. This was incomprehensible to many in my environment: I had holdings and functions in 15 companies. But I was at the end of my rope energetically and wanted nothing more to do with business.”

 

“At the monastery, like all the guests and residents, I was regularly given a papaya formula by the nuns that was completely unknown at the time. I was fascinated by the energizing effect. When I came back, I had to start again – from scratch. That’s when I realized what had changed – not in my environment, but in myself. I realized that I wanted to engage in topic of health, and the economic aspect was there again. With the approval of Buddhist Master Ji Kwang Dae Poep Sa Nim, I founded the company Caricol and set out to find a way to make this precious papaya formula from the monastery available to others.”

“A few years and countless scientific studies later, it was confirmed that Caricol is a remedy for constipation and flatulence and many other digestive problems. Since 2004, Caricol has been available in Austria and now in 15 other countries.”

Franz Brenner 2017

What is Caricol?

What is Caricol?

What is the secret of Caricol and why is it made of papaya? Our dynamic lifestyle implies manifold burdens effecting our digestion and wellbeing in a negative way. It is therefore all the more important to counteract those impacts with natural methods. The digestive...

Good gut feeling

Good gut feeling

The formula of Caricol is based on an energizing process similar to the preparation methods known from the traditional Chinese and Ayurvedic dietetics where food and herbs are charged energetically by a slow and long boiling process.   Body and mind are...

What are the effects of the papaya?

What are the effects of the papaya?

The fruit of the "tree of health". In tropical countries, the papaya has always enjoyed high esteem. Based on the wealth of valuable ingredients and their digestive properties, the native South Americans also called the papaya plant "tree of health". The ingredients...

Monastic recipe

Monastic recipe

On the Big Island Hawaii rises the Lotos Buddhist Monastery, where great attention has always been payed to health and nutrition. Organic fruits and vegetables are cultivated there for the needs of the monastery. According to Buddhist tradition healthy food is cooked...

Why our papayas ripen on the tree

Why our papayas ripen on the tree

The papayas for Caricol are sourced in Sri Lanka and there are three reasons for this: Sri Lanka has been declared a GMO-free zone. The papayas are certified organic according to EU, US and Japanese organic standards. A machine peeling and coring process would leave...

Fair business

Fair business

Since 2012, with the support of the Austrian Development Agency (ADA), we have been able to process the ripe fruit directly on site. This was a milestone for our goal to process only tree-ripened organic papayas for Caricol.   But behind Caricol is also the...