Acai juice went from total obscurity to global superfood in little over a decade. You can’t swing a smoothie menu these days without waving its claims of antioxidant potency.Now comes Veev, a liquor made from the purple berry of the acai palm tree.Courtney Reum, a young investment banker, recognized acai’s fermentation potential while on a surfing trip in Brazil.”My brother and I were surfing in Rio, and had an acai smoothie on the beach almost… Building a Better Brazil, As Acai Transitions to a Global Commodity, Bolthouse Farms Gives Brazilians Tools for Better Quality of Life The popularity of the acai berry from the Amazon rainforests of Brazil has grown rapidly among health savvy consumers here in the States. The fruit is loaded with the antioxidant anthocyanin and is up to seven times more powerful than its purple family members, pomegranates and blueberries. Today, acai can be found globally in a variety of food and beauty products. What was once merely a staple for Brazilians is now transitioning to a commercial commodity,

Evening News (Edinburgh): Restaurant Review: Acai cafe proves a berry good place for a boost from Brazil Acai cafe proves a berry good place for a boost from Brazil TOWARDS the end of April this year there was a flurry of publicity about the increase in popularity of Brazil’s acai berry, a palm fruit renowned for its unique health-enhancing properties.Edinburgh’s Brazilian Sensation, a family business run by John and Lucia Falconer, was the first UK-based company to import acai from Brazil and they now supply other retail outlets and industries by mail order….

2006 ACAI IS THE BERRIES RIGHT NOW Just as 40 is the new 30 and brown is the new black, acai is the new pomegranate. Or blueberry. Or cranberry. Whatever your favorite darkly pigmented berry is, acai out-antioxidizes it, according to youth and beauty guru Nicholas Perricone and that maven of all things good, Oprah. Acai comes from Brazilian rain forests, and, according to the hype, wise Brazilians have been eating it and glowing with good health for centuries. Acai (pronounced wistfully — ah-SIGH-ee) is not only…

Acai berry scam can leave a bitter taste in your mouth The scam: Acai berry weight-loss supplements How it works: Online ads and Web sites are selling acai berry supplements as weight-loss products, using well-known celebrities as “endorsers” of the product. Common on Facebook and MySpace, the ads link to fake blogs that are designed to look like testimonials of women who lost weight on the acai supplements. The phony blogs link to Web sites that offer a free trial of an acai supplement, and although customers may…

New Way To Say ‘To Your Health’ not even a bloody Mary or a screwdriver — for its nutrients, it’s hard to discuss acai, the purple berry from the Amazon River region, without considering its supposed antioxidant powers. VeeV is new liquor that uses acai berries from Amazon; berries are very high in antioxidants; photo (M) Acai, pronounced ah-sigh-EE, is the basis of VeeV, a new 60-proof liqueur that is an infusion of the berries and some other tropical fruits. It is not too sweet, and would be a fine… Grand Forks Herald (ND) – January 23, 2008 BLUEBERRY CRISP A LA MODE:, EXPERIMENT WITH TROPICAL ACAI SAUCE Since Tufts University and the USDA reported that blueberries appear to slow age- related memory loss in rats, the plump berries have been widely touted as the next “brain” food