Acai berry is said to be the fruit with the highest vitamins and nutrients content. This fruit was shown in the famous Oprah Winfrey show and it was featured as one of the top 10 super foods available to us.
Some research shows that this fruit has the highest level of antioxidants which are the anthocyanins and flavonoids. Although recent reports show that this fruit is no more nutritious than most commonly known fruits such as mango, blueberry and pomegranate. Well, all fruits are nutritious and would make our bodies healthier and that is for sure.
This fruit comes from the family of berries like blackberry, blueberry, cranberry and raspberry to name a few. The darker the color of the fruit would mean higher levels of anthocyanins and flavonoids. And these fruits mentioned are colored red, blue and purple while some are almost black.
Acai berry is a small round fruit almost 1 inch in diameter with dark purple hue. It is from the acai palm tree mostly found in the Amazon forest in Brazil. Brazilians credit their healthy living and active lifestyle to this very small fruit. Small as it may seem but this fruit is so much sensitive. Its freshness only lasts for 24 hours after it is picked from the tree.
That is why companies developed a system to make sure that they are able to retain the acai berry nutrition by freezing or drying the fruit within 24 hours after it was pulled out of the tree.
The by-product of this fruit is in the form of food supplements, smoothies, juices and pills. Just make sure that the product you are buying is authentic. Read labels and ingredients. You can also easily search the product and the suppliers in the internet to verify if they are a reputable company and known in producing the above mentioned items.
This fruit was only used for wines and flavorings before it became a craze in the 21st century. Most of us probably do not know about this fruit. There are many websites about fruits and even about berries that does not include this particular berry in their list.