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Getting acai from the rain forests of Brazil is no mean feat. Getting them to your grocery store in New York is an even bigger problem, and not least because the berries tend to degrade very quickly after they are harvested. In fact the only way to get them there in any edible state is to do a little bit of processing at the place of harvest.

Of course the more processing is done the longer the acai will last before it goes bad; unfortunately more processing means less of the nutrients are present in the acai when it reaches your home. This is until you consider what is likely the perfect solution: acai preserves.

Not only are acai preserves excellent for ensuring that the acai is still edible when it arrives, it is also very delicious in its own right. Also, as acai preserves is, well, a preserve, it can be used to prepare food in so many different ways. It sounds a little trite to say it, but you’ll wonder how you ever lived without it.

Eating acai preserves is a little odd because it tastes a lot like chocolate syrup — albeit a fruity chocolate syrup. Eating chocolate does not match in my mind to being healthy, so there is a mental barrier to cross.