Acai berry is one of the world’s most nutritious foods; it provides our bodies with lots of antioxidants and other goodness that help us to heal and grow healthier cells. Acai is a very volatile fruit, though, and it deteriorates within just 24 hours of being harvested, making it unavailable outside of Brazil and other countries in which it is harvested. Generally acai berries are processed immediately to enable them to be transported to other countries.

The most benefit to be gleaned from acai will be obtained from consuming in a state which is as close to the original as possible. The challenge to acai berry product distributors and manufacturers is to make the acai able to withstand the tests of time whilst still retaining the berry goodness.

Acai berry supplements are one way around this problem. Good quality acai supplement can be obtained by freeze drying the acai immediately after it is harvested; this enables most of the antioxidants and nutrients to be retained. Other methods use extreme heat and sprays; these methods do not retain anywhere near the same amount of natural nutrition as the freeze drying method, and such supplements should probably be avoided if at all possible.