It’s been awhile that i have made a review about Acai Berry as a food supplement.  But it’s only now that i tried to check more on what’s really Acai.

According to wikipedia, Acai Berry grows from an Acai Palm and grows in abundance Central and South America floodplains and swamps.  The stem and the fruit are the ones considered edible and very beneficial to our health as proven antioxidant according to its nutritional value as follows:

Most of the research to date on açaí has focused on a particular freeze-dried form referred to as Opti-açaí. This powder preparation of freeze-dried açaí fruit pulp and skin was reported to contain (per 100 g of extract) 533.9 calories, 52.2 g carbohydrates, 8.1 g protein, and 32.5 g total fat. The carbohydrate portion included 44.2 g of fiber.^[2] The powder was also shown to contain (per 100 g): negligible vitamin C, 260 mg calcium, 4.4 mg iron, and 1002 U vitamin A, as well as aspartic acid and glutamic acid; the amino acid content was 7.59% of total dry weight.

Açaí has an exceptional content of fats, including oleic acid (56.2% of total), palmitic acid (24.1% of total), and linoleic acid (12.5% of total),^[2] and also contains a high amount of beta-sitosterol (78-91% of total sterols).^[2][3] These oil compartments in açaí fruit harbor dense contents of polyphenols such as procyanidin oligmers and vanillic acid, syringic acid, p-hydroxybenzoic acid, protocatechuic acid, and ferulic acid which were shown to degrade substantially during storage or exposure to heat.^[4]

– Source – Wikipedia/Acai Berry

One more thing interesting about this is that Acai Juice or the Berry can be a very good supplement if one would like to shed excess pounds. Read more about it at Acai Diet Info. I checked on their availabaility in my country, it’s negative but i can feel it would be good for me.