When it comes to fruit and produce, fresh is always the first choice. However, despite all the advancements in shipping times and processes, it is still very hard to import certain fruits and vegetables from other countries into the U.S. In some cases it is not viable. With the ever growing demand for the Acai berry products, many people have wondered whether or not it is possible to buy Amazonian Acai berries, straight off of the tree in the Amazon, here in America. The answer is refusal.
The biggest cause why you can’t buy the Amazon Acai berry in their natural form is that they will not preserve their nutrients for more than twenty four hours except they are frozen, freeze dried, or otherwise preserved for shipping. The cost involved in doing so would make it too costly to be workable for American consumers.
There is good news although. Several methods of preservation are so good that not only do they preserve 100% of the nutritional value of the Acai berry, but they in fact have a higher concentrated quantity of vitamins and antioxidants than the Acai berry fruit itself. The reason for this is that many methods involve removing all of the water from the Acai berry fruit when turning it into Acai berry extract, Acai powder or frozen Acai pulp. Frozen Acai pulp is as close as you can get to fresh Acai berry and very few places carry it because it is very pricey. However, if you can find the Acai berry pulp and afford it, it works great in smoothies and Acai bowls.
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