Where Can You Buy Acai Berry?

If you are looking to buy acai berry at your local market, you are going to be disappointed...unless you live near the Amazon.

However it is still available in many dietary supplements, in juices, smoothies and even chocolate; it is sold as powder in capsules and liquid. We recommend SAMBAZON Organic Freeze-Dried Acai Powder.

The acai (pronounced ah-sigh-EE) is a small purple-colored fruit roughly the size of a small grape growing on three species of palm trees found only in the Amazon and other parts of South America.

The acai is approximately 90% seed with a small amount of fruit (pulp).

It is important to note that the seed is not consumed.

The fruit is found on three species of the Euterpe palm – the edulis, oleracea and precatoria. The palm grows 15 to 25 m in height, mainly in floodplains and swamps.

They are tall slender palms with pinnate (feather-like) leaves up to 3 m long. The berries hang from branches in clusters. Each acai palm produces 20-25 kg of fruit annually.

Traditionally the locals would have climbed the tree and picked the berries by hand. With the growing global interest in this Amazonian treat, it is now mass produced and cultivated.

The berry has only a 24-hour period after being picked before turning rancid and the numerous health benefits of acai berry will be severely depleted.

When looking to purchase acai, the preservation method used in this first 24 hour period will prove very important. The flash frozen method is typically used for smoothies while freeze dried or spray dried methods are used for supplements and adding to other products such as chocolate.

If you are considering purchasing acai, I recommend choosing a company that utilizes the freeze dried method of preservation such as SAMBAZON Organic Freeze-Dried Acai Powder, Antioxidant Superfood. It is wise to learn this information before you purchase to ensure you get what you pay for. Quality companies will readily provide acai berry information.

Due mainly to the impressive health benefits of acai berry, it has enjoyed a deep history of consumption and traditions in South America spanning numerous centuries.

It is still a mainstay of the local diet. Frequently prepared by mashing the acai fruit pulp and mixing it with liquid, the indigenous people drink acai juice nearly as often as North American’s drink orange juice.

Because acai perishes so quickly, you won’t find it fresh at your local market. But you can still buy acai berry and get the enormous health benefits in products such as juices, smoothies and decadent chocolates.

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