How many calories in an acai bowl
A typical acai bowl with toppings has about 450 kcal, most of it from carbs.
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To burn it off
An acai bowl is frozen acai blended thick with banana and juice, then topped with granola, fruit, coconut and a drizzle of honey. Bali's beach cafés serve one every few metres.
A bowl is 450 kcal, with 75 g of carbs, 14 g of fat and only 7 g of protein. It's a pudding sized breakfast, not a light one.
The acai itself isn't the big part. The banana, juice, granola and honey are.
Tips
- 1Ask them to skip the honey drizzle, the fruit is sweet enough.
- 2Go easy on the granola or swap it for nuts or seeds.
- 3Add a scoop of yoghurt or protein so it keeps you going till lunch.
Where it comes from
Acai palms grow in the Amazon, and in the Brazilian state of Pará people have long eaten the purple pulp as an everyday food, often with fish. The sweet frozen bowl with banana took off on Brazil's beaches and in its gyms, and the story goes that Rio's Gracie jiu jitsu family helped make it popular. Around 2000 companies such as Sambazon started shipping the pulp to Hawaii and California.
Where does our food come from? · Source: Wikipedia, Açaí na tigela
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Questions
Is an acai bowl healthy?
It's a lot of fruit, but at 450 kcal and 75 g of carbs it's a big breakfast. It's low in protein, about 7 g.
Where do the calories in an acai bowl come from?
Mostly the banana, juice, granola and honey, not the acai.
How do I make an acai bowl lighter?
Skip the honey, halve the granola and blend it with water instead of juice.
How many calories does the granola on an acai bowl add?
A handful, about 40 g, is around 180 kcal. It's one of the biggest parts of the bowl, so it's the easiest thing to cut back.
Is a pitaya bowl lower than an acai bowl?
A little, the dragon fruit base is light, but the toppings are the same. With banana, granola and honey it comes out close to an acai bowl.
