Real Facts About Acai Fruit

The Acai, pronounced a-sigh-ee, is a kind of little, round, and black-looking purple berry. It looks like a grape or a blueberry, but it is much smaller and darker. This fruit has a small quantity of pulp with a big seed at the center. The fruit has been in use for many generations by the Brazilians. Acai is indigenous to the flood plains of the Amazon estuary and Belém is considered to be the world center of Acai. Acai fruit had been the staple food of river communities in the Amazon estuary for hundreds of years.

Fresh Acai fruit is highly perishable and can last only up to twenty four hours. The fruit picking is done by hand and sent to the processing industries within twenty four hours. This is why Acai fruit is being preserved in various other forms, such as Acai juices, extracts, pulp, and pills. However, much care is taken to retain all the nutrients of the fresh Acai fruit.

The nutritional breakdown of Acai contains high levels of iron, calcium, carbohydrates, fiber and antioxidants. It is said that Acai fruit has the ability to rejuvenate cells and thus keeps people young and healthy. Only recently this wonder fruit has become popular world wide, thanks to the highly informative World Wide Web.