Acai Berry
admin | April 29, 2009
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The acai berry is green at a young age. As the fruit matures it changes to a deep purple color and is close in size to a blueberry. Growing in bunches similar to grapes, berries harvested from the top of the tall and slender acai palm that averages 40 to 60 feet in height. Each berry contains only a small amount of the precious and sought after Acai Pulp as the stone makes up about 80% of the acai fruit.
People native to the Amazon, have recognized the many acai berry benefits, both nutritional and medicinal, and included this fruit in their diet for centuries. Typically they would drink the acai juice made from pulping the fruit or consume the acai pulp itself. The berries have long been known by locals to have value in improving the immune system.
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