Earth Notions Acai Facts Sheet

Nutritional Profile
• 533.9 calories/100g
• 52.2g carbohydrates/100g
• 44.2g is fiber (this is a high macronutrient content)
• 8.1-13 g protein/100g (very high for fruit)
• 32.5g total fat/100g (high fatty acid content, oily to the touch)
• PH value of 5.23
• 25.22% fiber content in Açaí (very high)

ORAC assay
• Highest total antioxidant level (freeze dried powder only) of any other food tested, 1027 micromol TE/g
• High lipophilic antioxidant level compared to other berries

Flavonoids
• Anthocyanins (ACNs) 3.1919 mg/g total dry weight (DW) (extremely high value)
• Cyandin 3-glucoside (predominant)
• Cyanidin 3-rutinoside (predominant)
• Proanthocyanins (PACs) 12.89 mg/g DW
• polymers (predominant)
• Homoorientin, orientin, isovitexin, scoparin, taxifolin, and several unknown also detected

Fatty acids
The 3 dominant fatty acids are:
• Oleic acid (omega 9) 60% of fatty acid profile
• Linoleic acid (omega 6) 12% of fatty acid profile
• Palmitic acid 24.1% of fatty acid profile

Total fatty acid profile
• 11.1% polyunsaturated fatty acid
• 60.2% monosaturated (healthy) fat
• 28.7% saturated fatty acid

19 amino acids
• Almost a complete amino acid profile
• Total content is 7.59% of total weight
• Especially rich in aspartic acid, glutamic acid

Sterols
• Total content is 0.048% of total weight
• Rich in beta-sitosterol: 78-91% of total sterols (may reduce blood cholesterol levels)

Minerals
• Iron, potassium, calcium, sodium, magnesium, copper, zinc, phosphorus, sulphur and boron predominate

Vitamins
• B1, B2, B3, C, E, A
• 7mg vitamin C/100g (same as blueberries)
• 45mg vitamin E (tocopherols)/100g (this is extraordinary level for a fruit to have, very few fruits contain vitamin E)
• Açaí is one of the richest foods in iron

No adverse effects were seen at acute dosages of 2,000mg/kilogram body weight in lab animal studies