What is Humate

ORGANIC MATTER 

Organic matter is defined as a grouping of carbon containing compounds which have originated from living beings and deposited on or within the earth's structural components.

HUMUS 

Humus is defined as a brown to black complex variable of carbon containing compounds not recognized under a light microscope as possessing cellular organization in the form of plant and animal bodies.

HUMIC SUBSTANCES 

Humic substances are the components of humus and as such are high molecular weight compounds that together form the brown to black hydrophilic, molecularly flexible, polyelectrolytes called humus.

HUMINS 

Humins are that fraction of humic substances which are not soluble in alkali (high pH) and am not soluble in acid (low pH).

HUMIC ACIDS 

Humic acids (HAs) comprise a mixture of weak aliphatic (carbon chains) and aromatic (carbon rings) organic acids which are not soluble in water under acid conditions but are soluble in water under alkaline conditions.

FULVIC ACIDS 

Fulvic acids (FAs) are a mixture of weak aliphatic and aromatic organic acids which are soluble in water at all pH conditions (acidic, neutral and alkaline).

Ulmic Acids 

Is defined as the alcohol-based extract of naturally-occurring organic matter (MOM).

HUMATES 

Humates are metal (mineral) salts of humic (HAs) or fulvic acids (FAs) Within any humic substance there are a large number of complex humate molecules.

So, What Is Humate?   Humate is a mineral that is mined from the earth. It is an early stage before organic matter, humate is development into coal from burial pressure, heat, and time. Humate is rich in humic and fulvic acids, which are active components of soil humus, hence the name humate.  From humus soil, three separate types of acid can be separated, Humic, Fulvic and Ulmic. Together, these compounds comprise “HUMATE”.

Humate materials are widely distributed organic carbon containing compounds found in soils, fresh water, and oceans. These substances are formed from the biological and chemical breakdown of animal and plant life, and make up approximately 75 percent of the organic matter that exists in most mineral soils.

Humate is the purest form of natural organic matter known to man and it is one of the most complex substances on planet. Humate is highly concentrated into a solid material, similar to coal. Humate is the generic name for soil humic substances. Humic acid is the chemical properties of humate. Humate and humic acid are basically one in the same. Humate is essential to life…for humans, animals and all the plants on this planet.

Between 65 to 100 million years ago the planet enjoyed optimum organic growing conditions. The vegetation was extremely lush and abundant, as is evidenced by ancient remains that geologists call humic deposits.

These plants were super rich with nutrients and minerals because of the high oxygen content of the air. These super plants produced the abundant food in massive quantities capable of feeding the dinosaurs for millions of years. These power-packed vegetation crops and massive dinosaurs met their extinction and were covered by ash.

They decomposed for millions of years passing on their vitality of life to future generations through these ancient compost heaps. These decomposed bogs were compressed into nature’s most concentrated source of humic acids.

Humate is the sum total of this ancient organic matter disassembled by nature’s brilliant decomposition and recycling processes, then highly refined by millions of species of beneficial soil-based microorganisms. Ultimately, microscopic plants such as yeast, algae, mold, fungi, etc., finish up the process. These tiny beneficial plants refine, purify, combine, and re-refine, until tons of once-living matter are converted to pounds and ounces.

Yet miraculously, when all is said and done the end product is transformed into the world’s most complex and ultra-compact molecules. Even the nucleic acids (RNA and NDA) of the earlier life-forms remain intact. The molecules are ultra-condensed and highly functional, rolled up into tight little balls that are supercharged biochemical and phytochemical power plants, similar to storage batteries or fuel cells. As the plant and animal matter decomposes, peat is created first, then humate, lignite and, eventually, coal.

There are various types of humate depending on geographic location, origin material, and degree of decomposition. There are not very many high-quality sources of humate within the world that contain good levels of carbon, humic and fulvic acids. U-Mate International, Inc sourced from Northern New Mexico, and is found to be the purest in the world.