Organic and fair trade freeze-dried açaí powder

ORGANIC freeze-dried açaí powder from the Amazon, small producers' supply chain

Açaí is a small berry with purple pulp, the fruit of an Amazonian palm nicknamed "the tree of life" that can grow up to 20 metres tall.
Also known as the "pinot palm", its fruit has been eaten locally for thousands of years, particularly in Brazil, where it often accompanies fish and cassava. But it was above all in the 1990s that the surfing community made this little berry popular, by adding it to smoothies.

The freeze-dried açaí we offer you here is, to our knowledge, the purest and most concentrated on the market, and the subtle flavour of the fresh fruit is fully preserved.

Its flavour is subtle and mild, a little reminiscent of cacao or hazelnut…

💜 How are açaí berries harvested?

Our partner Natural Andes has created a truly innovative and ethical supply chain around the açaí berry:

Hand-picked, these berries come from wild trees, deep in the forest of a protected reserve.

During the harvest season, the men of the community venture into the forest to pick the açaí berries. With agility and expertise, they climb the trees with ropes to reach the fronds, which they gently slide down to the ground. This traditional method allows the berries to be harvested without damaging them, thus preserving their exceptional quality.
50 producer families, members of the community, make their living from this activity.

> For information: it takes 1.8 kg of açaí berries to produce 1 litre of pulp, which will yield 100 grams of powder.

💜 How is açaí powder made?

Once the berries are harvested, they are brought back to the village where the women take over. In a community workshop, they turn the berries into pulp directly after harvest, which they then keep at low temperature. The pulp is then transported to Santa Cruz where it is freeze-dried, a vacuum dehydration process at low temperature (below 25°C) that allows long-term storage.
> A few manufacturing details: the açaí berries are first pulped. To lock in its organoleptic qualities, the açaí pulp is then deep-frozen and placed in a tank that is put under vacuum, reaching a pressure of 1-2 bar (vs 1000bar for ambient air) while remaining at room temperature (20-25°C). It is the vacuum process that extracts the water molecules present in the pulp. Once this process is complete, the pulp has become powder! Which keeps for life, or almost! (As an aside, this is the food that astronauts eat in space!).
So there is no pasteurisation or other heating process. Out of the tank, the powder is bagged in doypacks and heat-sealed.

💜 How do you use açaí powder?

You can enjoy it as it is, diluted in water or plant milk, but also added to many preparations: drinks (mixed into a vegetable or fruit juice), sorbets (like the famous "açaí bowl"), desserts (added to a compote or a yoghurt), mueslis, milkshakes, smoothies, sauces (used in a vinaigrette or a pesto) or sprinkled over a dish, like a spice. We recommend 2 to 4 teaspoons per day, diluted in a glass of water or added to your drinks or culinary preparations (allow 6 g per preparation for 1 person).

💜 Voted Best Organic Product 2025

This award is a recognition not only of the quality of this product, but above all of the hard work of the producers in Bolivia.