Patent ID: 7563465
Filing Date: 2009-07-21
Classification: A23L,A61K,A61P

Abstract:
1. A dietary supplement composition, comprising freeze-dried Euterpe oleracea (Acai) fruit pulp powder, wherein the composition: (a) comprises a total anthocyanin concentration greater than about 1 milligram per gram total weight; (b) has an ORAC (c) has a residual water content less than about 3 weight percent of the total weight; whereby the freeze-dried Acai fruit pulp powder is prepared by a method comprising: (a) harvesting Acai fruits; (b) weighing the Acai fruits; (c) cleaning the Acai fruits with water; (d) washing the Acai fruits with water at a temperature of about 75° C. to 100° C. for a time period of about 5 seconds to 10 minutes; (e) hulling the Acai fruits to isolate Acai fruit pulp from the Acai fruits; (f) freezing the Acai fruit pulp to a temperature less that about −5° C.; and (g) freeze-drying the Acai fruit pulp under conditions to yield a granular, freeze-dried Acai fruit pulp powder with a residual water content of less than 3 weight percent.