Acerola Cherry - Acerola, the best source of natural vitamin C

ACEROLA CHERRY   / BARBADOS CHERRY

Acerola Cherry acclaimed to be top 5 fruits that have the highest content of natural Vitamin C in the world. Acerola is the best natural source of vitamin C for the nutraceutical industry. As proof, quickly check out The United States Agricultural department data base (USDA). The vitamin C level of acerola is 30 times greater than in reputed fruits like oranges. This superfruit has other nutritional properties: levels of vitamin A, vitamin B group and minerals (iron, calcium, phosphorous, potassium and magnesium).

Looking for natural vitamin C for a nutraceutical application? Acerola is undoubtedly an ideal reference. It is commonly used for developing new products containing vitamin C (capsules, effervescent tablets, shots, beverages, etc.). It is also used for reformulating old references. Offered as an alternative to synthetic vitamin C, acerola extract is notably an ideal ingredient to meet the growing demand of increasing numbers of consumers for naturalness.

The benefits of acerola are not a recent discovery. The Amazonian Indians were the first to notice the huge beneficial potential of this superfruit. They consumed it notably to fight against certain forms of diarrhoea, dysentery and liver disorders.

Acerola possesses the highest content of vitamin C for any plant-derived fruits/berries, probably next only to another tiny-sized Amazonian berry, Camu Camu (2000 mg/100 g). 100 g fresh berries provide astoundingly 1677.6 mg of vitamin-C; that is about 1864% of daily-recommended intake. Eating as many as 2-3 would be sufficient enough to fulfill its daily requirements. Vitamin-C is an incredible natural antioxidant. Consumption of foods rich in vitamin-C helps the human body develop resistance against infectious agents and scavenge harmful, pro-inflammatory free radicals from the blood. The combination of vitamin C and phytochemical compounds in this cherry would help rid off harmful oxygen-derived free radicals from the body, and thereby, help boost immunity, protect the body from cancers, aging, degenerative diseases, inflammation, and infections