The Acai frozen pulp is sold to food manufacturers as an ingredient in fruit juices, smoothie blends, and soy and dairy applications such as sorbets. It has become the most sought-after fruit from our base of customers because of its unique health benefits.
Acai tastes so good - if we lived in the Amazon we would probably eat it fresh just to enjoy the taste. However, from a nutrition stand point the freeze dried Acai powder does maintain the same nutrition profile as fresh Acai. In fact, because freeze dried Acai removes the water from the Acai - ounce for ounce freeze dried Acai has a much higher concentration of nutrients than fresh Acai.
Harvested by hand and processed within 24 hours, Acai has the highest antioxidants of any fruit. Its berries are harvested in a sustainable manner, creating jobs in the Amazon and preserving the rain forest. A portion of the fruit price goes back to the indigenous peoples in the Amazon to help support schools and provide books and educational tools to children.
The actual process that Sambazon uses to freeze dry their Acai involves a 6.9 fold concentrate of their 14% dried Acai pulp. What this means in English is that it takes about 7 grams of Acai pulp to make 1 gram of Acai freeze dried powder. 100 grams of fresh Acai has an impressive antioxidant rating of 5,500 ORAC score but 100 grams of freeze dried Sambazon Acai powder has an amazing ORAC score of over 50,000!
