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Microcap & Penny Stocks : Amazon Natural (AZNT) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Graystone who wrote (2662)	8/30/1998 12:59:00 AM
From: Graystone	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 26163

Sugar Problems or Try "Natures Taste" In my opinion, what you are seeing on this thread is a paid for promotion, that is all, I believe the company is also helping this promotion willingly. The short squeeze story is so old, that anyone could have covered any short position long ago.Investors who purchase this stock based upon any of the information available from posters here, well, you need your head checked. This is a team of promoters at work here on this thread. The story has no basis for investor interest in this company at all. Long Term Fundamentals Contrary to what you may read here on this thread, "Touch of Nature" is a dismal marketing failure. I am not guessing about that. This product was announced almost 1 1/2 years ago by AZNT. It has since done nothing, as you can see from the revenue statements the company has made. If I remember the packaging described by Cavalry correctly, the only thing on the bottle is the name of the product. It is of course, not a food additive or that information would be available. Stevia is of course, an unsafe food additive. Date: 4/1/97 Dateline: LAS VEGAS, NEVADA Stock Symbol: AMZN Wire: ISDN Amazon Natural Treasures Inc. (R) is trading on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol "AMZN" and we are pleased to introduce our latest miraculous innovation NATURE'S TASTE (R). NATURE'S TASTE (R) is a 100% pure and natural sweetener which is made from plants found in the Brazilian Amazon rain forest. NATURE'S TASTE (R) has NO AFTERTASTE, no cholesterol, no carbohydrates, no fat, non fermentable, safe for diabetics, will not promote tooth decay and had NO HARMFUL SIDE EFFECTS, such as SWEET 'N LOW (R) and EQUAL (R). Products on today's market contain chemicals as Phenylalanine, or Calcium Saccharin, which has been determined to cause cancer in laboratory animals. NATURE'S TASTE (R) NUTRITIONAL FACTS Serving size: 1/4 tsp. (1.00 grams) -------------------------------------------------------------- Amount per serving Calories: 0 -------------------------------------------------------------- % Daily Value Total fat: 0g 0% Sodium 0mg 0% Total carbohydrates: less than 1 gram 0% Protein: 0g -------------------------------------------------------------- Not a significant source of calories from fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, dietary fiber or protein. MARKETING PLAN NATURE'S TASTE (R) will have an intensive advertising and promotional program. It will be sold in retail outlets world wide and manufactured in the following forms: 1) As a white, brown and confectionary powder to replace all forms of sugars. 2) As a mix with milk in such flavors as chocolate, hot chocolate, cappuccino, strawberry, etc. Unlike CARNATION(R), NESTLE(R), QUIK(R), HERSHEY(R) chocolate milk mix and OVALTINE(R) which contain sugar and calories. NATURE'S TASTE has no sugar or calories. 3) As a soft drink mid like KOOL-AID(R) brand, without having to add one cup of sugar 4) As a concentrate form for commercial use for general foods, soft drinks, chocolate manufacture and the like. Once the packaging and labeling details are finalized for NATURE'S TASTE(R), which should be completed within approximately 60 days, it is the belief of AMAZON NATURAL TREASURES, INC. (R), that our product will be readily accepted by the consumers and manufactures. It will capture a significant market share in a relatively short time. The company's goal is to see this product utilized wherever sugar substitutes, sweeteners, milk flavoring products and soft drink powders are currently used. Once we enter this multi billion dollar sweetener and flavoring industry, the results should show substantial revenue gains and increased profitability with the end result being a strong performing stock. Watch for more breaking news about the expansive NATURE'S TASTE(R) product line next Tuesday, April 8, 1997. *EQUAL(R), NUTRASWEET(R), and the NUTRASWEET(R) Symbol are registered trademarks of the NUTRASWEET(R) Company. SWEET 'N LOW(R), CARNATION(R), NESTLE(R), QUIK(R), HERSHEYS(R), OVALTINE(R), and KOOL-AID(R) are registered trademarks. AMAZON NATURAL TREASURES, INC. (R), is trading on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol, "AMZN". For further information, please contact: Michael A. Sylver, President 4011 W. Oquendo Rd. Unit C, Las Vegas, Nevada 89118 Tel: (702) 795-7101 Fax: (702) 263-9221

To: Graystone who wrote (2662)	8/30/1998 1:38:00 AM
From: Jeffrey S. Mitchell	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 26163

Graystone, if I'm given information by someone who is affiliated with the company (i.e. a principal, the IR guy, etc), I consider that information to be "official". Press releases, at least to me, are just a formal means to release information and, thus, no more official than if I'm told that information personally. So, yes, someone who is on the AZNT payroll did tell me that within the last few days AZNT met with representatives of Monsanto, and, prior to that, the two companies met last December. This person expressed optimism that there would be news of some sort of agreement in the near future. Does that mean anything? Of course not. All companies are optimistic they will close every deal they are currently negotiating. As for my contact at Monsanto, I think you're reading too much into that. I get curious. I call. In this case I called one number, got transferred to someplace else and then was told someone else in the sweetener division would call me back. So far I haven't gotten a call back. As these are not toll-free calls, I don't get paid for making them, and as I don't expect Monsanto to tell me who they are in private negotiations with anyway, I'm really not inclined to spend another half hour or more playing phone tag with them. But if there's no squeeze on Monday I might get curious again and call. Who knows. Perhaps you'll have better luck, so why not give it a shot? BTW, yes, I certainly did ask AZNT for a contact person... anyone... at Monsanto. All I wanted was proof they talked. But, in retrospect, I was once invited to Redmond to talk to Microsoft; sounds impressive but it had nothing to do with them buying my company, so big deal. But here's a story I hear floating around that supposedly came from the company: back when Monsanto was hoping to commercialize Stevia they made a trip to visit the Amazon rain forest to take back a whole bunch of Stevia to check out. Upon trying to get through customs they were told by the Brazilian government that they had to get the permission of AZNT first. As there was no way they were going to give another company a percentage of the Stevia market they just burned the stuff and dropped the idea. Perhaps Cavalry can verify if he's heard that one for us. - Jeff P.S. If you turn on your private message feature I'll send you some stuff too speculative to post.