Acai Berry Juice: How is it Being Produced?

Acai berry is rich in nutrient and is best consumed while it is still fresh, i.e. within few hours from the time it has been harvested. If left out for a longer periods, it will start losing its nutritional value. Since acai palms are cultivated deep in the Amazon, it is impossible for the fruits to be delivered and sold freshly outside there. Therefore, fresh acai berries are always processed into acai products before they are delivered out to world market, one of them is the acai berry juice. In order to produce a good quality product, the processing of acai berries will starts within 24 hours after the fruits are picked.

Acai berry juice is processed from the pulp of the acai berry and the extraction of the juice is possible with the help of a crushing machines. Before the extraction, the acai berry pulp which lies between a hard skin and the seed, has to be detached from its seed first. This is done by first soaking the fruits for about 30 minutes in mid hot water. Then, the fruits are crushed using a wooded piece or a glass bottle in a basket with a little water added. This step will mash the skin of the fruit and loosen the pulp. Then, a little more water is used to wash the pulp and the mixture is filtered to separate pulp from the unwanted parts. The extracted juice is usually packed freshly and exported without preservatives added. This difficult task is done by hands of the natives Brazilian to earn living.

Now, there are manufacturers of acai products who use various modern processes to process the fresh acai berries. Acai juice is obtained through a process called clarification. In this clarification process, the cleaned extracted pulp will go through an enzymatic treatment and a clarified acai juice is produced. This clarified acai juice is sometimes gone through another water reduction process and a concentrated acai juice is obtained.

Besides clarification process, fresh acai berries are sometimes processed through freeze drying procedure or freezing procedure. Freeze dried acai berries are transported out and later processed into other acai products. In the freezing procedure, the extracted acai pulp is pasteurized and frozen into acai puree. Both processes will help in preserving the nutritional composition.

References:

• "Acai Juice: The Process of Acai Berry Juice Making", www.amazonthunder.com
• Juan C Ruiz, "Pure Acai Juice - Killer Benefits", www.ezinearticles.com
• "Acai Tropical Juice Products", www.ititropicals.com
• "Acai Fruit Juice", www.bestweightloss-products.com

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