Acai Berry is a fleshy stone fruit which is a look alike of grape but has lesser pulp and black purplish color.
It has a big seed in it.
Since it gets perished quickly after harvest, its availability has always been a problem in the areas where the soil is not suited for its cultivation.
The berry has a property of being oxidized easily, therefore it gets perished quickly.
Thus most of the people are not much aware of the fruit itself but its juices, frozen pulps, extract and oils etc.
If you want to get the real essence of this fruit you must visit the Amazon areas of Brazil where it counts around 42% of the total food consumption.
Acai Berry has been bestowed with countless medicinal properties by nature.
Acai Berry has multi-times antioxidant power as compared to grapes and blueberries.
It also has fair amount of nutrition value.
The fruit extract contains around 8% proteins, 52% carbohydrates and 35% fat.
Fat is present in the form of esters of oleic acid, palmitic acid and linoleic acid.
Thus Acai berry is used for preparing oils application of which helps in mental calmness and sound sleep.
Furthermore, the intake of this fruit has several other health benefits such as regulation of cholesterol levels in the body, increase in sexual desire, detoxification, improvement of vision, reduces aging etc.
Its extract juice drink serves as an immediate source of energy and becoming eminent among players with the alias "miracle drink".
It is enriched with vitamin A, B1 and E.
Even the big seeds of these berries are pretty useful.
Grounded seeds these can serve as food to the livestock.
These can be used as organic manure as well which reduces the need of synthetic fertilizers and keep the soil from the side effects of synthetic fertilizer and ensures good yield.
Acai Berry fruit is no less than a boon in this stressful and health conscious modern era.