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 * 1) Added: "where the ribeirinhos population prepare it regularly. They harvest the berries from the treetops by hand in the Amazon forest."
 * 2) Added: "which has berries that aren't sweet, instead you could describe them as having an "earthy" or creamy texture"
 * 3) Added: "Although açaí na tigela is popular all over Brazil, in the 1970s it first started to commercially appear in Rio, after multiple martial artist began using it for training diets. Most notably it was Carlos Gracie, a Brazilian jujitsu practitioner who incorporated the açaí in his fitness "Gracie Diet", which he recommended for his fighters. He saw the benefits of açaí as having "low sugar, full of vitamin and antioxidant content and thought to boost energy"
 * 4) Added "It was also common to see açaí served with fish and cassava."
 * 5) Regardless of the preparation, açaí's purple berries are thought to be a strong superfood of the Amazons. It contains iron, calcium, and fiber as well as have ten times more antioxidants than red grapes.
 * 6) Added: "Açaí bowls first were imported to the US in the 2000s when Ryan and Jeremy Black, two brothers along with their friend, Edmund Nichols created the company Sambazon after trying the product and Brazil and deciding they wanted to bring it to America. Here, surfers in Hawaii and Southern California immediately included them more in their diets after importations were available and the product grew popularity. The biggest challenge that importing açaí to the U.S. historically and currently poses is that, to eat the berries, they must be soaked in water and then have their pulp removed. This pulp can only be consumed for up to 24 hours which is why the açaí market in America has capitalized on freezing as a method of importation. To freeze the pulp of the berries, they must be taken to a nearby factory after harvest. During this process, both the companies and the native communities profit from harvesting, with new job opportunities either harvesting in the wild or on "minimally managed jungle plots". For the future, it has been predicted in the Açaí Berry Market report that there will be significant growth between 2020-2027. One of the major reasons for this growth is that açaí berries are starting to be used by the organic cosmetic industry since they promote elasticity in the skin as well as vitamins A, C and E for regeneration.  In 2016, the global market for açaí was valued at $696 million dollars but it is expected to climb to $2,285.7 billion dollars by 2026. The global consumption of açaí berries will continue to rise but its expansion won't necessarily be caused by reforming the açaí na tigela dish but by using this superfood to capitalize on its health benefits in other fields, such as cosmetics, protein drinks, and other beverages."
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