Projeto Acal

About Projeto Acal

Acai (Ah-sigh-ee), a berry so useful but only known the the traditional tribes men and women of the Amazon for thousands of years, a lost secret. The acai berry was first used by tribes of the Amazon jungle as a cure for various ailments. The berry comes from a palm that has a long thin trunk up to 25m high with a group of branches at the top from which hangs ribbon-like leaves. The trees grow only in the Amazon, mainly in Brazil, Colombia and Surinam. Our acai comes from the Pará state of Brazil where it grows in the wild, it's picked by local farmers and sent down the Amazon river. It only has 24 hour life span in which the properties of the juice are still active. The acai berries must be loaded into baskets and onto boats soon after picking. It's then frozen to retain all of its properties and sent to us here in Dubai! After being introduced into the western world it was realised by the modern beach going Brazilian surfer as a natural way to regain energy.