Acai – sometimes written as açaí – is an inch-long, reddish-purple berry that comes from a South American palm tree. While acai is relatively new to North American and European markets ...

Though sometimes called "açai berry," it is actually a round, dark-purple drupe (not a true berry) about the size of a grape. Long an important food for the area's Indigenous communities ...

(For reference, a small acai berry is about the same size as a large blueberry.) Acai is often called a "superfood," and for ...

Our acai product is all natural, not blended with water or ice. It’s the acai berry, a Brazilian berry,” Sisnett said. What is the acai berry? “It’s super healthy, filled with anti-oxidants.

Acai berry production has grown around 50% in the past decade, driven by a dozen or so women in the tiny community of Ilha da Jussara, at the northern tip of the Brazilian Amazon. In the tiny ...