{"id":35961,"date":"2010-11-22T09:15:10","date_gmt":"2010-11-22T14:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=35961"},"modified":"2010-11-22T11:13:37","modified_gmt":"2010-11-22T16:13:37","slug":"amafruits-acai-without-the-gimmicks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/11\/amafruits-acai-without-the-gimmicks\/","title":{"rendered":"Amafruits: Acai Without the Gimmicks"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"amafruits<\/a>There’s been a lot of hype surrounding the Acai<\/a> berry, an Amazonian fruit with alleged super-nutrients. While Acai isn’t a miracle weight-loss food (no such thing exists), it is a rich source of many of the nutrients you need, including vitamin A, minerals, potassium and iron.<\/p>\n

Acai berries themselves are difficult to find whole, but many companies offer juices and extracts. Last night I tried out Amafruits’ Acai puree. The puree comes frozen in packs of four, with a choice of Acai Energy Mix with Guarana or Acai Pure & Unsweetened. A pack of either flavor counts as a serving of fruit<\/a>. Many other Acai juices add a lot of sugar to compensate for the berry’s slightly bitter taste. The unsweetened fruit pulp is about as close to eating the berries as you can get: no pills, pyramid schemes or other fruit juices added for bulk.<\/p>\n

Amafruits offers a number of recipes on their website. The frozen packets are ideal for smoothies, but I wanted to test their claim that you can drink the melted puree straight–like a juice. The Acai Energy Mix tastes pretty good on its own, the texture is on the grainy side. The taste is something like a blueberry crossed with a pomegranate. It has 100 calories per 100-gram pack, with nine grams of added sugar.<\/p>\n

The pure Acai pulp was a little less tasty, but has no sugars. Yes, it’s a fruit juice with no sugar, naturally occurring or added. It has only 80 calories per 100-gram pack, plus two grams of protein, omega 3, omega 6<\/a> and omega 9. The texture is also grainy, and the taste is a little bitter. Not all super foods can be super delicious,\u00a0 right? I added some seltzer and a teaspoon of raw sugar to the pack and it tasted a lot better. I look forward to trying out some of the recipes on the Amafruits site<\/a>.
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Acai Berry: Hype or Real Super Food?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

How Acai Berries Are Helping Small Farmers<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Acai Berry Is the Most Absorbed Fruit<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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