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If you’ve ever watched Oprah or Rachel Ray, chances are you might have heard one of them talk about the aci berry. And since I’m one of their biggest fans, I definately saw those shows. So I decided to try them out and test the benefits for myselft. Well, what a letdown my first experience with acai berry juice was.
How disappointing … I was so looking forward to trying this great new miracle detoxifier and anti-oxidant, I just couldn’t understand how Oprah and Rachel Ray could have hidden the ‘what is this bitter weird stuff’ facial expression so well. I thought a bit harder, and perhaps we weren’t quite on the same page with our juices – admittedly I chose the cheapest box on the shelf, but I had the subconcious belief that for $2.39 / 250ml I would be getting something pretty delectable.
Well, after concluding that not all acai berry juice is the same, I decided to put together my own blind taste test, and immediately started recruiting housemates to act as my official tasters. I couldn’t just let first impressions disqualify a potentially delicious and healthy addition to my reasonably healthy diet. Perhaps even more than that I didn’t want to lose faith in my talk show idols.
The next day I headed out to find a sufficiently varied selection of acai juices available within walking distance of my house. This task took all morning, and I found there were a wide range of options, ranging from the atual real pure acai berry juice at $80 per litre which you are only supposed to have 2 tablespoons of, and which is very bitter, (I did NOT purchse this by the way, are you kidding?), to various colorfully packaged health drinks with different juices and concentrations of acai berry juice. Here’s what I found:
1. Nova Acai made in Brazil. Cost: $2.39 for 250ml/8.4oz. Contains purified water, naturally organic acai puree, organic evaporated cane juice, citric acid. Nutritionally 120 calories per container, 3.6g of fat 1.3 of which are saturated (6% of your rec. daily intake) and 39% of rec. daily intake of Vitamin C.
2. O.N.E Amazon Acai made in Brazil. Cost: $3.99 or $2.99 depending on the store for 330ml/11oz. Contains: 100% natural acai, 100% natural acerola, organic evaporated cane juice, citric acid, guarana extract, xantham gum, and lecithine de soya. Nutritionally 157 calories per container, 3g of fat 1 of which are saturated (5% of your rec. daily intake) and 167% of rec. daily intake of Vitamin C.
3. mySmoothie Superfruit Acai made in Sweden. Cost $2.79 for 250ml/8.4oz. The ingredients listed are apple juice, crushed banana, 11% acai berry, raspberries, blackberries, and blueberries. Nutritionally 150 calories per container, 2.25g of fat .03 of which are saturated (less than 1 % of your rec. daily intake) and 39% of rec. daily intake of Vitamin C.
4. Happy Planet extreme purple made in Canada. Cost: $2.99 for 325ml/11 oz. Contains: pure apple juice, banana puree, peach puree, acai berry puree, blackberry puree, orange bioflavanoids, green tea powder extract, ascorbic acid and beta carotene. Nutritionally 130 calories per container, 0g of fat .0 of which are saturated (less than 1 % of your rec. daily intake) and 150% of rec. daily intake of Vitamin C.
5. Arthur?s Acai plus made in Canada. Cost: $3.29 for 325ml/11oz. Contains: berry puree blend (acai, blueberry, blackberry, boysenberry, cherry) apple juice, banana puree, pear juice, lemon juice. Nutritionally 230 calories per container, 4.5g of fat, 1g of which are saturated (5 % of your rec. daily intake) and 40% of rec. daily intake of Vitamin C.
The test results were remarkable in their consistency. The testers all seemed to like 3 and dislike 2. The 2 juices that were unanimously disliked were both from Brazil (Nova Acai and O.N.E. Amazon Acai) AND appeared to contain the highest content of acai berry (although Arthur’s Acai plus might also have the same content). The comments on these 2 Brazilian juices ranged from “bitter weird taste I can’t swallow” to “tastes like mud” to “almost a woodsy aroma but not as pleasant” to “yucky taste and smells awful”. There was nothing equivocal about these comments! Although later, a judge cut one of these juices with half orange juice and we all agreed that it was much more palatable.
Of the three ‘good’ juices, all the judges deemed that they were very tasty and had ‘good fruit juice’ qualities. The clear winner out of our selection was Happy Planet Extreme Purple – it recieved top scores in all categories of taste, consistency, and appearance, although mySmoothi Superfruit Acai got a first place score from one of the judges. A solid second place was earned by Arthurs’s Acai Plus – made in Canada.
So what to make of these results? The Brazilian juices tested simply can’t be drunk without being mixed with another juice and frankly, who needs saturated fat in their juice! Arthur’s Acai plus has an excellent flavor but gets a thumbs down for also having saturated fat. I would have to say that Happy Planet extreme purple is the winner of this tasting session with mySmoothie superfruit acai coming in a respectable 2nd place.