Fruit
Fruit
Açaí fruit is the whole small drupe as harvested—dark purple-black skin, thin oily pulp, and a hard central seed that makes up most of the berry’s volume. Fresh fruit is soft, perishable, and rarely shipped whole outside the production zone; markets usually see it destemmed in bulk bins for same-day pulping. Processors wash and mash the fruit, then separate pulp from seeds. Whole-fruit form matters for harvest timing, sorting by maturity, and traditional riverside sale; home cooks outside the Amazon almost always start from frozen pulp rather than raw berries.
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Nutrition and pairings
Nutrition
Typical values per 100 g edible portion. Nutrient names open the reference page.
Nutrition Facts
Per 100 g edible portion
Amount per 100 g
- Total Fat 0.3 g
- Saturated Fat 0.05 g
- Trans Fat 0 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 0.1 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0.1 g
- Cholesterol 0 mg
- Sodium 5.14 mg
- Salt 0.01 g
- Total Carbohydrate 12.4 g
- Dietary Fibre 1.92 g
- Total Sugars 10.3 g
- Complex / starch 0.95 g
- Protein 0.8 g
- Water 85 g
- Energy 52.7 kcal
- Water 85 g
- Carbohydrates 12.4 g
- Protein 0.8 g
- Fat 0.3 g
- Saturated Fat 0.05 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 0.1 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0.1 g
- Omega-3 0.01 g
- Vitamins 36.9 mg
- Vitamin A 15 µg
- Vitamin B1 — Thiamine 0.03 mg
- Vitamin B2 — Riboflavin 0.03 mg
- Vitamin B3 — Niacin 0.34 mg
- Vitamin B5 — Pantothenic Acid 0.17 mg
- Vitamin B6 0.07 mg
- Vitamin B7 — Biotin 0.8 µg
- Vitamin B9 — Folate 12.3 µg
- Vitamin C 2 mg
- Vitamin E 0.35 mg
- Vitamin K 5.8 µg
- Minerals 241 mg
- Major Minerals 239 mg
- Trace Minerals 1.5 mg
- Iron 1.5 mg
- Salt 0.01 g
Vitamins
vitamin-c: 2 · vitamin-a: 15 · vitamin-b1-thiamine: 0.03 · vitamin-b2-riboflavin: 0.03 · vitamin-b3-niacin: 0.34 · vitamin-b5-pantothenic-acid: 0.17 · vitamin-b6: 0.07 · vitamin-b7-biotin: 0.8 · vitamin-b9-folate: 12.3 · vitamin-e: 0.35 · vitamin-k: 5.8 ·
Minerals
Fruit of Acai: composition reflects this culinary part relative to the whole ingredient.
History
Whole açaí clusters were cut from floodplain palms and eaten or pulped the same day.
Industrial fruit reception lines standardised rapid washing and pulping for frozen export packs.