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The Right Way to Process Acai Berries

There are many challenges in keeping acai berries. Amazonian acai berries are healthy but they are very perishable which is why most people do not get to eat fresh acai berries, only getting to eat processed or preserved ones in the form of frozen pulp. Once an acai berry is picked off of an acai palm tree, it will not last long in the open air. If refrigerated, it can last up to 24 hours, at which time it’s many nutrients begin to die off quickly.

Since acai berries do not last long at all, it is hard to transport them anywhere far. That means, something needs to be done to the acai berries before they can be transported to be sold elsewhere other than near the rain forest regions in Brazil or wherever else the acai palm trees grow.

There are many challenges that manufacturers face when trying to preserve and process acai berries. The cost can be high and any slight drop in quality control could mean the whole batch of acai berries will be worthless. Once acai berries are picked by the locals, they are quickly transported to be processed to avoid any risks of microbial contamination.

Not only do manufacturers need to consider how to preserve acai berries so that they will not become rotten during shipment, they also need to think of ways that will preserve the nutrients in the berries as much as possible. Many of the processes done to the berries destroy the nutrients in them. If this is allowed to happen, then there is no good reason for anyone to reach out to buy any acai berry products and pay a lot of money for them. All to often this is the case.

One of the most obvious ways to preserve acai berries is to freeze them. When people cannot get fresh fruits, they try to get frozen fruits as their second choice. But, there are problems when freezing the acai berries and transporting them. First of all, the manufacturer has to make sure that the temperature remains constant throughout the journey or the acai berries will arrive spoiled and worthless.

Some companies do not want to mess with fresh acai berries or even frozen ones and they opt to compact the acai berries into capsules, tablets, pills and powder. There are many forms of the acai berry that will last long but they usually do not contain as much nutrients as fresh or frozen acai berries. Some of them are not even good for you anymore.

Then there is the famous freeze drying process for acai berries which is done in a vacuum. Some companies and researchers claim that the freeze drying process is the best way to preserve the nutrients in the acai berry. In a vacuum, the enzymes that cause the acai berry to deteriorate fast are much less active.

The moral of this story is that while acai berries have lots of nutrients in them, the acai berry products that you find may not contain many nutrients at all. You have to pay attention to how the acai berry is processed in order to find out if a product is really good for you. If the product is not nutritious, then there is obviously no point paying a premium price for it.

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