Sambazon Opens Proprietary Manufacturing Facility in Brazil

31/08/06 Sambazon, the leading global supplier of the Amazon powerfruit Açaí, has announced the completion of a proprietary manufacturing facility in Amapá, Brazil. Located in the heart of the Amazon Rainforest and on the banks of the world’s largest river, the facility solidifies Sambazon as the world’s premier and only vertically integrated manufacturer and marketer of Certified Organic, Fair Trade Açaí products.

Founded in 2000 as the first Company to bring the antioxidant rich Açaí berry from the Amazon to North America, Sambazon’s certified organic product line includes Açaí based smoothies and juices, frozen Acai smoothie packs and sorbet and Açaí supplements – capsules and pure powder scoops. Sambazon’s product line is distributed nationally at Whole Foods Markets, Wild Oats Markets and thousands of independent retailers and grocery stores including Vons, HEB, Safeway, QFC and Meijers.

Sambazon pioneered a sustainable Açaí business model in the Amazon – creating a first of its kind supply chain that ultimately benefits thousands of small family farmers and protects the biodiversity of the rainforest. Sambazon’s efforts in the Amazon were recently recognized by the Ashoka Organization with the Global Social Entrepreneurship award for ‘market driven strategies that benefit low income communities.’

“Vertical integration enables us to ensure that our products are made with the highest standards of quality, nutrition and taste while maintaining competitive pricing,” states Ryan Black, Founder/ CEO, Sambazon. “Our new factory is a key milestone on our mission to produce the highest quality raw material and consumer goods that promote Sustainable Management of the Brazilian Amazon – which is what our company stands for with the acronym SAMBAZON.”