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Brazilian Acai
Acai berry is known as a superfood, because of its nutritional properties. Composed of lipids, polyphenols, flavonoids and vitamin, it has a high content of fibers, high concentration of complex B vitamin and anthocyanin.
Acai berry purée contains much more antioxidants (anthocyanins) than wine. The ORAC (oxygen radical absorbance capacity) value of Acai is one of the highest in the world. Acai berry is consumed for long time in Brazil.
The regular consumption of Acai berry associated with good habits, may be an ally to people’s wellness and health care.
The acai palm, Euterpe oleracea, is a species of palm tree in the genus Euterpe that is native to Southern America. Acai palms are tall, slender trees growing to more than 25m (82 ft) tall, with pinnate leaves up to 3m (9.8 ft) long.
It has a single slender trunk that is topped with dark green pinnate leaves that emerge from a reddish crown shaft. The trunk is about 5 inches in diameter, covered with gray dry bark and ringed with scars from old leaves. Acai has a quite bitter taste.
Acai produces small purple flowers that grow in clusters. Flowers are followed by green fruits that grow in bunches. The acai fruit also called berries are round drupe about 1 inch in diameter with a single seed inside. Acai berry turns black-purple when ripe. The berries are the most valuable part of the tree, widely harvested for its health beneficial properties.
Braver exports the freeze dried acai berry powder obtained from pasteurized organic acai purée acidified with organic lime juice (only for pH standardization) submitted to freezing and freeze drying (lyophilization process) according to the Good Manufacturing Practices. Our product contains 99.6% of organic pasteurized acai purée acidified with 0,4% of organic lime juice only. It is non-fermented, non-alcoholic, lactose free, gluten free and sugar free.
Freeze drying effectively captures the highly unstable nutritional components, such as anthocyanins and vitamins, that easily degrade in the presence of temperature or enzymatic activity fluctuations. Our production method ensures the maximum preservation of fruits’ bioactive components. For 1kg of the freeze dried Acai powder, we use about 19 kg of fruit.
Acai berry in powder version is widely used as a natural ingredient by food and beverage industries all over the world to produce healthy and nutritional foods, drinks, cakes, cereals and so on. Also, it is of interest of natural cosmetics manufacturers, due to its antiaging properties, and phyto pharma industries.
Acai berry purée contains much more antioxidants (anthocyanins) than wine. The ORAC (oxygen radical absorbance capacity) value of Acai is one of the highest in the world. Acai berry is consumed for long time in Brazil.
The regular consumption of Acai berry associated with good habits, may be an ally to people’s wellness and health care.
The acai palm, Euterpe oleracea, is a species of palm tree in the genus Euterpe that is native to Southern America. Acai palms are tall, slender trees growing to more than 25m (82 ft) tall, with pinnate leaves up to 3m (9.8 ft) long.
It has a single slender trunk that is topped with dark green pinnate leaves that emerge from a reddish crown shaft. The trunk is about 5 inches in diameter, covered with gray dry bark and ringed with scars from old leaves. Acai has a quite bitter taste.
Acai produces small purple flowers that grow in clusters. Flowers are followed by green fruits that grow in bunches. The acai fruit also called berries are round drupe about 1 inch in diameter with a single seed inside. Acai berry turns black-purple when ripe. The berries are the most valuable part of the tree, widely harvested for its health beneficial properties.
Braver exports the freeze dried acai berry powder obtained from pasteurized organic acai purée acidified with organic lime juice (only for pH standardization) submitted to freezing and freeze drying (lyophilization process) according to the Good Manufacturing Practices. Our product contains 99.6% of organic pasteurized acai purée acidified with 0,4% of organic lime juice only. It is non-fermented, non-alcoholic, lactose free, gluten free and sugar free.
Freeze drying effectively captures the highly unstable nutritional components, such as anthocyanins and vitamins, that easily degrade in the presence of temperature or enzymatic activity fluctuations. Our production method ensures the maximum preservation of fruits’ bioactive components. For 1kg of the freeze dried Acai powder, we use about 19 kg of fruit.
Acai berry in powder version is widely used as a natural ingredient by food and beverage industries all over the world to produce healthy and nutritional foods, drinks, cakes, cereals and so on. Also, it is of interest of natural cosmetics manufacturers, due to its antiaging properties, and phyto pharma industries.