Sambazon
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Sambazon is an organic smoothie drink company, located in San Clemente, CA, specializing in products made from Brazilian Rainforest açaí fruits.
Sambazon works in the Brazilian Rainforest with Açaí (ah-sigh-ee), a delicious and powerfully nutritious dark purple berry that grows in 60 foot tall palm trees in the lush flood plains that line the Amazon River. As the leading global supplier of açaí, Sambazon manufactures and sells organic açaí packaged consumer products in the form of juices, smoothies and supplements and also supplies wholesale açaí puree to the worldwide industrial market.
Upon realizing six years ago that the açaí fruit was destined for success, and that it provided an opportunity to promote a triple bottom line business philosophy, the Company’s Founders created Sambazon -- “Sustainable Management of the Brazilian Amazon” -- with a mission of sharing this amazing fruit with the world. Guided by the principles of market driven conservation, Sambazon pioneered the first of its kind Fair Trade and Certified Organic Supply Chain of açaí and helped create worldwide awareness of the açaí berry. With the opening of the world’s largest proprietary acai manufacturing facility in the Amazon last fall, Sambazon is now a vertically integrated supplier and marketer of Açaí products, controlling every step of the manufacturing process to ensure sustainable and organic origin of the fruit as well as the highest level quality, nutrition and taste. These efforts have created sustainable employment for thousands of small family farmers and help protect biodiversity of the Amazon Rainforest by making the forest more valuable standing than being cut down. In November of 2006, Sambazon was named a winner for the prestigious “Secretary of State’s Award for Corporate Excellence” for a small-medium business. Sambazon was nominated for this award by the United States Ambassador to Brasil for helping to create worldwide awareness and pioneer a sustainable industry around the acai fruit.
In the United States, Sambazon Açaí products are available at thousands of stores nationwide such as Whole Foods Market, Safeway, HEB, Vons, Albertson’s and Jamba Juice and are enjoyed by world-class athletes and healthy, active people everywhere. Açaí’s powerful nutritional benefits have also helped enhance the quality of life among everyday people with various health concerns. Sambazon is proud to promote positive change in through sustainable agriculture, organic food and healthy living. People Planet Prosperity.
