The acai plant is one of the most nutritious fruits on the planet. Because of its fragility, however, acai pulp is one of the few ways to package it so that it reaches the U.S. with all its nutrients intact. Another way that a few companies have developed to transport the fruit is by freeze drying it.

Acai fruit has been proven to be nutritious, but it’s extremely expensive as well – especially in its pure state. If you find cheap sources for acai, chances are almost certain that it has been diluted with other fruits. One reason that the acai fruit is so expensive is that the pulp and juice together constitutes a very small percentage of the acai fruit.

Over 80% of the plant is the seed which means, from a nutritional standpoint, there is a lot of waste. You have to collect a great deal of fruit to obtain enough real edible produce.