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Acai has gone from staple of the Amazon to global wonder-berry
Los Angeles Times,?CA?- Sep 20, 2008 The cargo is acai (pronounced ah-sigh-EE), the unassuming fruit of a jungle palm that has gone from Amazonian staple to global wonder-berry: a much-hyped … |
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The Acai berry has been gaining attention as a fruit rich in nutrients and anti-oxidants that can be a supportive supplement for anti-aging, fatigue recovery and diet.
Abios uses only 100% pure all natural berries and provides the supplement in a powder form including Acai freeze dried powder, beverage powder and other powder forms.
The berry, which can be found only along the banks of Amazon River, provides a surprising amount of nutritional value. It has three times more polyphenol compared to wine and 4.6 times more anthocyanin than blueberries, and a substance called cyanidin 3-rutinoside (C3R) that is found in the berry provides a greater anti-oxidant effect than carotenoid. Therefore, Acai berries are the most anti-oxidant rich plant of all natural plants.
Acai berries are also rich in potassium, iron and fiber and contain the same balance of aliphatic acids as olive oil.
However, acai berries have not been commercialized in the past because processing needs to be done within 24 hours after harvest to prevent oxidization, which causes all the nutrients to be lost.
Abios established a processing plant on site to freeze dry the berries and successfully produces a 100% pure powder with strict quality control. In the future, Abios intends to collaborate with companies abroad to provide the worldwide market with the acai raw material. The company also plans to commercialize acai in Japan beginning next year.
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Sambazon Acai
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Ryan & Jeremy Black, founders of Sambazon Acai juice, interviewed on the Big Idea with Donny Deutsch.
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Acai with the Kayapo in Brazil
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The Kayapo Indigenous group of Pará, Brazil eat wild Acaithat grows in their protected rain forest. The health of the Kayapo and the rain forest are in constant jeopardy. Loggers and miners threaten to deforest the area as big as the size of New York State. The Kayapo need to generate a sustainable income from their renewable forest products to meet their needs and ward off the mass infiltration in their area. Dr. Rodolfo Salm, tropical biologist and Dr. Lisa Feder, cultural anthropologist, are raising the money to reforest barren lands with Acaitrees, a source of nutrition for the Kayapo and a potential source of sustainable income for this people. For more information, contact Lisa Feder at lkf7@cornell.edu.
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