With loads of antioxidants, the Brazilian Acai berry (AH-sci-EE) is considered to have the best nutritional value of any fruit in the world. The reported health benefits are simply amazing. With the symmetry of a grape and the size of a giant blueberry, the Acai fruit tastes a bit like wild raspberry with a hint of grape. Most people have trouble putting their finger on the taste because it's so different. The Acai Berry is truly a wonderful plant. Acai Berries grow on an Amazon Heart of Palm Tree and have been prized for hundreds of years by Brazilian natives for its high nutritional content. Acai Berries are high in essential fatty acids & omegas -- 60% Oleic (omega 9) - a monounsaturated essential fatty acid. 12% Linoleic (omega 6) - a polyunsaturated essential fatty acid. Acai also contains many valuable Phytosterols. Sterols are compounds of plant cell membranes which provide numerous benefits to the human body. The Acai Berry is a dense source of a particular class of flavonoids called anthocyanins. Acai Berry's ORAC value (a measure of its antioxidant properties), is higher than any other edible berry on the planet. The Acai Berry is also an excellent source of dietary fiber! The Acai Palm is a tall slender South American (concentrated in Brazil, Guyana, Suriname) palm grown for its fruit as well as for the "cabbage" (the cluster of new leaves more commonly called the "heart of palm"). It prefers swampy areas, and grows quickly. The fronds were (and still are) used for thatching and weaving. Each Acai palm tree produces small deep purple, almost black, fruit (berries) in groups of 3-8 per bunch. The fruit is edible, and its pulp is used in wines, liqueurs, as flavoring, as colorant, and on its own as a juice.


Only 17% of the population consumes the recommended two to three servings of a variety of fruits each day. By not getting our recommended intake of fruitsm, we are missing out on the health benefits of vitamins, antioxidants, phytonutrients, and fiber needed for optimal health and disease prevention. Hence, the development of MonaVie, the perfect blend of nineteen rare and lesser-consumed fruits from around the world. One serving of MonaVie each day contains a variety of the most nutritionally dense fruits available for families on the go and picky-eating children. MonaVie is an exquisite health drink packed with the power of acai berries, destined to make a profound difference in the lives of countless peoples of the world. The formulators of MonaVie, driven by a passion for helping humanity and brining abundance into the lives of many, have created the consummate blend of health-promoting fruits from the four corners of the earth. The main difference between The MonaVie Original and MonaVie Active is that the Active Blend contains glucosamine hydrochloride and esterified fatty acids and the original does not. Glucosamine hydrochloride is a natural compound found in the body that is used to help make and form cartilage. Esterification is the general name for a chemical reaction in which two chemicals (typically an alcohol and an acid) form an ester as the reaction product.

Here is a ingredient list for the MonaVie blends.

Mona Vie Original is a blend of 19 different fruits which are: proprietary blend of acai freeze dried powder and whole fruit juice; fruit juice from concentrate (white grape, nashi pear, acerola, aronia, purple grape, cranberry, passion fruit, apricot, prune, kiwi, blueberry, bilberry, wolfberry, pomegranate, and lychee, camu camu); fruit purees (pear, banana, bilberry); citric acid, natural flavor, sodium benzoate.

Mona Vie Active contains proprietary blend of acai (freeze dried powder and acai puree); Fruit juice from concentrate (white grape, nashi pear, acerola, aronia, purple grape, cranberry, passion fruit, apricot, prune, kiwi, blueberry, wolfberry, pomegranate, and lychee, camu camu); fruit purees (pear, banana, bilberry);d-glucosamine hydrochloride, esterified fatty acids, natural flavor, citric acid, sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate.