Step over açai berries, there's a new superfruit. It's called baobab. It hails from Africa and is about to be the next health craze. Supposedly it has 2 times the antioxidant value of açai berries, 6 times the amount of vitamin C of an orange, double the calcium of milk, and a ton of B vitamins. It comes in the form of a fruit bar and fruit powder, which can be mixed into smoothies and other foods. Check out the website, dedicated entirely to baobab, for more information.
This is terrible. I went to Tanzania a couple of years ago and spent a long time talking with naturalists about these trees: everything the site says is true, about their high c content, etc. But the trees are endangered, and they grow very very slowly. If western consumers start munching down the fruit pods...those trees don't stand a chance.
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