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Açaí (ah-sigh-ee) berry is a small, round purplish berry that resembles a blueberry or grape but is smaller and darker. The fruit has a really large seed and a minimum amount of pulp inside.
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Cacao is the seed (nut) of a fruit of an Amazonian tree that was brought to Central America during the time of the Olmecs. Cacao Nibs are a nutritious raw superfood that is peeled, crushed cacao beans. Cacao beans were so revered by the Mayans and Aztecs that they used them as money.
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Few foods deserve the title of “superfood” as the chia seed does. No other grain on the planet comes as densely packed with vitamins, nutrients and essential fatty acids. Chia, bearing the scientific name Salvia hispanica, is a flowering plant that originates from Central and South America.
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Goji berries grow on an evergreen shrub found in temperate and subtropical regions in China, Mongolia and in the Himalayas in Tibet. Usually when most people talk about goji berries they are referring to the Lycium barbarum berries. Sometimes these berries are known as wolfberries.
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Goldenberries (Physalis peruviana) are also known as physalis and are native to Columbia, Chile, Ecuador and Peru where the fruits grow wild and are typically vine ripened. The berries are eaten raw or sun-dried and sold in markets.
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High up in the Andes mountains grows a plant called lepidium peruvianum. The roots of this plant, also called maca, are prized by the local farmers and villagers for their utility as food and as a medicinal herb. For over two thousand years, the special qualities of the maca plant’s roots have been sought out, all the way to the time of the ancient Incan civilization. So prized was maca for its energy and libido enhancing abilities that its use was reserved for only the members of the royal court.
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Is a grain-like crop grown primarily for its edible seeds. It is a pseudo cereal rather than a true cereal. Quinoa is rich in protein. It is highly appreciated for its nutritional value where protein content is high that it becomes a healthful choice for most vegetarians.
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Spirulina is a blue-green algae. It is a simple, one-celled form of algae that thrives in warm, alkaline fresh-water bodies.The name "spirulina" is derived from the Latin word for "helix" or "spiral"; denoting the physical configuration of the organism when it forms swirling, microscopic strands.
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