• Anthocyanins (antioxidants 10-30 times more powerful than red grapes)
• A balanced complex of essential fatty acids (omega 6s, omega 9s)
• Amino acids
• Trace minerals
• Phytosterols (known to maintain healthy levels of blood plasma cholesterol)

The USDA recently completed a survey test of the ORAC values of fruits and vegetables. Although it wasn’t surprising that blueberries came out high on the list, what was surprising was that natural blueberries had an ORAC score of 13,423 points per serving and farmed blueberries had a much lower score of 9,761 points per serving—a difference of almost 4,000 points! Where did this difference originate? In the soil.

It goes without saying that the acai berries of the Brazilian rainforest are grown in some of the world’s richest, most fertile soil.

In recent years, locals have allowed logging in the Amazonian rainforests to provide some much-needed economic growth.  Now, the harvesting of acai has given locals another way to meet their financial obligations and still protect the forests that help balance ecosystems world-wide.

“There is no one solution to save the Amazon rainforest. The Acai is the most important non-wood forest product in terms of money from the river delta of the Amazon.”
—Greenpeace.org.