Boston News Raises Question ON Acai Berry Health Claims
In Brazilian culture and now in western society the Acai berry is known as a super fruit, claiming that the Amazonian Acai berry can make those who consume it healthier and thinner. But the style in which many Acai berry products are promoted is leaving many consumers with a sour taste.
News Center 5′s Susan Wornick reported Monday that Better Business Bureaus in Massachusetts and across the country have been swamped with consumer criticisms about free trial offers of the Acai berry supplements that aren’t as they appear.
According to Warren King of the BBB there are a huge number of companies that are taking advantage of Acai berry popularity and customer low level knowledge about the Acai berry. Viewers who have emailed Team 5 disclose that they ordered a 30-day free trial of Acai berry and agreed to pay about $5 shipping, but instead ended up with credit card charges up to $80 or $90.
Another Acai berry free trial victim wrote, What is secreted in the fine print, is that they are going to recurrently send you bottles of these Acai berry supplements and charge your credit card $75-$80 a bottle until you call & cancel the order.
King also declares that many Acai berry consumers criticize they have a tough time clearing up any misinterpretation with the companies. In order to cancel the free trial Acai older, they can’t get through their phone lines or that the mailboxes are full or that the e-mails don’t work.
Many health experts chatted about the health benefits of the Acai berry, some companies began claiming they had approved their Acai berry products. While they even released press statements, that they are not associated with nor does she endorse any Acai berry product, company or online solicitation of such products, including MonaVie juice products. Attorneys for Harpo are pursuing companies that declare such an association.
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is looking into false Acai berry claims, and the Center for Science in the Public Interest is also warning consumers to avoid free Acai berry trial offers. Further, dietician Leslie Bonci, of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, said there is no proof to support health claims that some Acai berry companies make.
According to Leslie there is nothing to get excitement from the Acai berry and as a matter of fact consumers should be a little apologetic to pay five bucks for a bottle of something that is not going to make them thinner, or healthier and we can get those antioxidant benefits in other ways.