New packaging hitting your local store now!

Sambazon Açaí Smoothies & Juices – the bottles got a facelift and nutrition benefits have been boosted – but the product has the same great taste you’ve always enjoyed.

Smoothies: Supergreens, Strawberry Samba and Mango – You’ve asked and we’ve listened! Each smoothie now has at least 20% less calories and fat, but still the same great taste, entirely natural ingredients and high level of nutrition.

Juices: Original, Antioxidant Trinity and Rio – Keeping your health top of mind! Each juice now has increased Vitamin C to super boost your immunity.

On the new packaging you’ll notice that we’ve changed our serving size from 10.5oz to 8oz, a more standardized serving size for retail beverages, making it easier to compare our nutritional information to other retail beverages.

Each Sambazon Smoothie and Juice is packed with at least 120 antioxidant-rich Açaí berries, which is much more than any other Açaí beverage out there.

We hope you enjoy our product improvements and as always, we look forward to hearing what you think! Please email feedback@sambazon.com with your comments.

Tchau,
Team Sambazon

Otto Flores - Green Protein Machine

Pro surfer Sambazon Ambassador Otto Flores shows us his favorite Açaí creation, the Green Protein Machine.

If you think you can do it better.. .DO IT! Get your video recipe on youtube and email the link to recipes@sambazon.com.

On the Road

Written by Jorge – Truck Driver

I started working for Sambazon in the summer of 2006 as a driver. When I started out on the roads, I noticed youth and families waving at me. In the beginning, I thought they were people I knew, but I continued driving and the waving, smiling and honking got more frequent and I realized it was because of the Sambazon truck. When people saw the truck they’d hold their Sambazon bottles up, give me a thumbs up… well, right on! I knew then that I was working for a cool company. My personal opinion is that people are thankful to Sambazon because we give back to the community with the health benefits and great taste of our drinks.

I like making new cool friends and getting and giving the good energy while I am working. I even got a Sambazon bumper sticker for when I’m driving my personal truck, so that I can still rep for the cause when I’m not working.

So next time you see one of our vans driving around, make sure to wave and say hi. Hope to see you on the roads!!

- Jorge

#7 Bottles, BPA, Recycling and the Man

Written by Jeremy Black, VP of Marketing

In the last week there's been a lot of press about a chemical found in some plastics called BPA (Bisphenol A). This chemical has been found to contribute to hormone disruption and a host of other things. It's commonly found in Nalgene Sport bottles and some other hard plastic bottles (like baby bottles so check yours out). It's a good thing they are bringing this to light and hopefully they'll do the same with other things like all the artificial sweeteners people are drinking in diet drinks these days!

But there's a lot of confusion about what products have BPA and what don't and to our horror there was a so-called "expert" on the Today Show who said "Avoid all #7 bottles"... well, that really sucks, because our bottles have a #7 on them and DO NOT contain any BPA.

The #2, #6, #7 symbols you find on the bottom of bottles is very antiquated like many other government systems. Our #7 bottles are so state of the art (containing a special barrier that helps preserve freshness) that they don't have a way to classify them, so they get a #7.

Same goes with Recycling, many people believe that #7 bottles cannot be
recycled and that's not always true. If you notice on our bottle we've now got a "#2 compatible" stamp on them- this is something we had to petition and pay the manufacturer to start printing for us so people understand that they can and should be recycled like any other #2 bottle.

It's crazy what an irresponsible statement made by a so-called "expert" can do to a young company like ours trying to promote healthy organic products. You'd think the guy might be working for THE MAN. In the last week we've gotten tons of email and phone calls from concerned customers, one who actually threw the bottles in the trash and wanted a refund! After this simple explanation, everyone is very happy to hear we don't have BPA in our products and they can continue to enjoy Sambazon Açaí Products. So please help us out here, pass it on that Sambazon bottles are 100% Safe, 100% Recyclable, and 100% Delicious.

Blessings Always-

Jeremy Black
Sambazon