History of the Acai Berry

Acai Berry has its origin from the north of Amazon in Brazil. In today’s world scenario they are definitely changing the basic concept of the healthy food habits. Actually the Acai is a palm tree and the native people call it the fruit which cries. The fruit grows all over the Amazonian basin and in the jungles.

From ancient time the Acai Berry is a part of the Amazonian culture and its heritage. It is considered healthy and testy. According to the legend, once upon a time there was an Indian girl, who lived in a small village in the bank of Amazon. Her name was Iaca. She was the daughter of a tribal chief. Their tribe population increased so much that there was not enough food for them to eat and feed their cattle. So to control the population the chief declared that all the new born babies should be killed in his tribe. Even Iaca had a new born baby who was killed according to the chief’s order. Iaca cried and locked herself in her small hut for weeks. One day she hard a baby’s cry and she ran out of the hut. She tried to find out the baby and suddenly saw a palm tree covered with fruits. Iaca lied down under the palm tree and she died. The tribe’s men found Iaca’s dead body under the tree next day. The fruit from the tree was good enough to eat and so the tribe started eating the berries which brought an end to the food scarcity. The chief again declared that no more babies are to be killed because they have enough food for their tribe. From then onwards the fruit was named as Acai Berry to remember Iaca.

Acai Berry is eaten by the Brazilians for hundreds of year. The fruit is usually eaten on breakfast. During the middle of 20th century the doctors and scientists realized the importance of the fruit and its nutritious values. Many researches were carried out on US and Europe to find out the health benefits of the fruit.