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Berry delicious and good for you 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.But now there's a new berry on the block: The Brazilian acai (ah-SIGH-ee) is reported to have 10 times the antioxidant power of grapes and twice that of blueberries.Although similar in size, acai is a bit grittier and less sweet than a blueberry. Acai has been showing up in..

ACAI PUMPS UP THE BRAIN POWER, BRAZILIAN BERRY BIG IN ANTIOXIDANTS Since Tufts University and the USDA reported blueberries appear to slow age-related memory loss in rats, the plump berries have been widely touted as the next "brain" food.But now there's a new berry on the block: The Brazilian acai (ah-SIGH-ee) is reported to have 10 times the antioxidant power of grapes and twice that of blueberries.Although similar in size, acai is a bit grittier and less sweet than a blueberry. Acai has been showing up in...

Acaizone Announces Exclusive Agreement With GCI Nutrients to Supply Organic Acai Berry Raw Materials for Nutraceutical Products, Acaizone Partnership With Herbal Supplement Pioneer GCI Nutrients Will Create New Distribution Channel for Clarified and Purified Acai Raw Materials Acaizone, LLC, a leading supplier of raw materials, clarifies, distillates and powders from exotic fruits, has announced an agreement to provide GCI Nutrients with high grade organic Acai clarified and juice powder (water soluble) for use in a variety of nutraceutical products. Native to the Amazon rainforests of Brazil, Acai (Euterpe Oleracea) is a palm berry high in antioxidants and omega fatty acids and is widely considered the most nutritionally beneficial known...

TOO EARLY TO SEE BENEFITS OF ACAI BERRY Have you been bombarded yet by distributors for a luscious-tasting fruit drink made from the Brazilian acai berry?Or have you picked up a product containing this supposedly miracle fruit at places like Wild Oats or other health food stores?I hadn't ever heard of this dark purple product of Mother Nature until recently, when a friend shoved a brochure in my hand for the brand of this berry drink she was selling. And, coincidentally, I received a solicitation in the mail to...

Acai is new fruit flavor Apr. 8--The Acai berry ("ah-SI-see") is a small, round, dark-purple berry from the Amazon palm tree. If it sounds familiar to you it may be because there are at least two companies which have added the berry to juice drinks, V8 V-Fusion's Acai Mixed Berry and the beverage Purple. High in antioxidants, the berry is also high in omega-6 and omega-9 fatty acids, fiber, calcium, copper, iron, magnesium, phosphorous, potassium, and zinc