What is Acai?
Our açai blend supplier is Amazon Power! The organic açai berry is harvested and frozen straight from the Amazonian rain forests. The handpicked açai berry is turned into a fruit pulp and then snapped frozen to ensure the berries stay fresh and keep their nutritional properties. This process has been perfected over many years of experience.
Amazon Power strives to protect the environment, only using berries that have been manually harvested, ensuring the protection of the palm trees that the berries grow on. The manual harvesting of the berries also provides hundreds of jobs for the indigenous tribes around Brazil.
What are the Health Benefits?
The Açai berry has many health benefits! The purple Brazilian berry is packed with antioxidants, amino acids, fibre, essential fatty acids, vitamins and minerals making it an energising and high-profile fruit.
“Açai has been recognised as one of the world’s highest ORAC (Oxygen Radical Absorption Capacity) foods. ORAC is a measurement of how well antioxidants can neutralise free radicals. The higher the value, the better the body utilises it to fight free radicals.” Additionally, açai berries are a rich source Vitamin C, similar to that of a blueberry. Açai berries are also a source of Vitamins A, B1, B2, B3, E, calcium, magnesium, zinc and copper.
- Shabir Daya, Victoria Health.
Disclaimer ** Informational purposes only, not to be used as medical advice.
