The acai berry deserves its reputation as a superfood as it provides us with incredible health benefits, such as helping balance our cholesterol thanks to being extremely high in anthocyanins. It also seems that acai also deserves its reputation for being tricky to say – so as a bit of fun we asked our South American supplier to record herself pronouncing it correctly, which came out something very close to ah-sigh-EE. But she did say that in Europe and North America many just stick to pronouncing it ah-kai. What everyone can agree on though is that it is a worthy addition to any diet.
It’s important though that Acai berries – just like garden peas – are freeze-dried as soon as possible after harvesting to retain all those fabulous nutrients, vitamins and minerals.