The acai fruit grows in a palm tree from the Euterpe oleracea species, known for its fruit and hearts of palm. The word ‘acai’ comes from the Tupi (native Brazilian indigena language), and it means “fruit that cries”, because of the strong purple juice that comes from the fruit. The fruit The fruit itself is a small round dark purple drupe that grows in slender palm trees. The acai fruit has about 1 inch of diameter, being about 90% of...
what is acai? Acai is a dark purple little berry that grows wild in palm trees all over the Amazon region in Brasil. The fruit has a big seed in the middle, and a thin skin around that is used to make the pulp, and juice. acai benefits Acai is a powerhouse when it comes to nutrition. Some of the most notable benefits are: antioxidants: This fruit has the highest antioxidant score in any fruits or vegetables known to man....
Acai pronunciation (or how to pronounce acai) is definitely on of the most common questions we get when presenting our products, or when we do acai berry demonstrations. Because of the “ç” (cedilha) and the “í” (acento agudo) of the word acai (spelled açaí in Brazilian Portuguese) it is very hard for Americans (or non-Brazilians) to spell or pronounce it correctly. Little Portuguese class can help! The “ç” (cedilha) in Portuguese sounds like a combination of two “s”, something like...