Patent ID: 7799354

Claim:
A composition comprise freeze-dried Euterpe oleracea (Açai) fruit pulp powder, the composition comprising: (a) freeze-dried Euterpe oleracea (Açai) fruit pulp powder having a total anthocyanin concentration greater than about 1 milligram per gram total weight; (b) freeze-dried Euterpe oleracea (Açai) fruit pulp powder having an ORAC FL value greater than about 350 micromole TE per gram total weight; and (c) freeze-dried Euterpe oleracea (Açai) fruit pulp powder having a residual water content less than about 3 weight percent of the total weight; whereby the freeze-dried Açai fruit pulp powder is prepared by hulling the Açai fruits to isolate Açai fruit pulp from the Açai fruits, freezing the Açai fruit pulp to a temperature less than about 0 degrees C.; and freeze-drying the Açai fruit pulp under conditions to yield a freeze-dried Açai fruit pulp powder.