Acai juice is becoming more and more popular nowadays. It is made from juicing acai berries, which are purple berries only found in the rain forests of South America. The areas where they grow are usually swamps and floodplains. They grow on the acai palm tree, a member of the genus Euterpe palms. There are eight other species in the same family as the acai palm. You will find many acai palm trees in Central and South America, from Belize southward to Brazil and Peru.

When the acai berries are young, they are green in color. When they are older, they turn more purple. Some of them are very dark purple but others are lighter in color. They are as small as blueberries, some are smaller but some are bigger. An acai palm tree are very tall trees and can grow as tall as 15 to 25 meters high and near the top of the tree are the little acai berries in bunches, similar to grapes. The stone in each berry is very large.

People in Central and South America have long known the great benefits that the acai berry offers. The little berry contains more nutrients, vitamins and minerals than most other fruits. They would drink the acai juice in the morning before work and with other meals throughout the day. The berry is a staple food source in the countries where they grow.

In the US, people care a great deal about their health. They welcome any healthy fruits including the acai fruit. But, there are no acai palm trees in the US so there are no acai fruits. Therefore, instead of eating the fruit, people in the US drink acai juice. As the demand for acai juice increases, more manufacturers start producing more and more products containing extracts from the acai berry.

In the past, few companies manufactured acai juices but now that they know there is demand for them, few juice companies do not have products with the acai berry on their labels. Sambazon is one of the leading companies with a lot of popular acai juices and other products. You can buy Sambazon products in most grocery stores. MonaVie is another company whose acai juice has taken the market by storm. MonaVie is an MLM company and only sell their acai juice through their distributors.

No matter where you buy your acai berry, you need to do your research beforehand. You can find out a lot of about berry as well as its nutritional content before you make a purchase. By doing so, you will be able to avoid falling for scams. There are many scams that take advantage of the acai berry craze nowadays. If you are afraid of buying online, you can just visit your local grocery stores and see what acai juice they have.