Mark Knopfler

Nutritionists, doctors and scientists all agree that the acai berry can be good for your body. It adds amino acids and anti-oxidants into your system that build up your strength and even help your immune system. The berry comes from the depths of the Amazon basin in Brazil and it is impossible — due to the quick degradation that the acai suffers — to transport it in its natural form.

One of the most popular ways around this limitation is acai juice. This is essentially just crushed acai in a bottle.

Essentially, but not quite. Especially in the case of one of the products with, until recently, a sizeable market share. The Monavie acai juice enjoyed moderate success but has now been found to be lacking in some key area. One of the key areas that Monavie has been accused of falling short on is the fact that there is very little acai in their so called acai juice.

Two of the Monavie products contain ‘100% fruit juice from concentrate’, along with some powdered acai. The Monavie Pulse product contains reconstituted fruit juice blend along with — you guessed it — powdered acai.

There is no reason to pay more for Monavie acai when it is so lacking in such an essential ingredient.