{"id":209614,"date":"2019-02-20T01:00:34","date_gmt":"2019-02-20T04:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=209614"},"modified":"2019-06-30T11:58:38","modified_gmt":"2019-06-30T14:58:38","slug":"b-you-brazilian-organic-acai-wins-dubai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/b-you-brazilian-organic-acai-wins-dubai\/","title":{"rendered":"B.you Brazilian organic a\u00e7a\u00ed wins Dubai"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dubai \u2013 Organic, natural a\u00e7a\u00ed without preservatives straight from Bel\u00e9m, Brazil to the world. This is the premise of B.you<\/a>, a company founded three years ago by the brothers Marcelo Matos (right in the picture)<\/em> and Mauricio Matos (center)<\/em> and their partner C\u00e1ssio Godoy (left) that<\/em>\u00a0sells a\u00e7a\u00ed as a frozen pulp, juice, and powder.<\/p>\n

According to Marcelo, it all started when the partners were living in Indonesia. \u201cThere was no a\u00e7a\u00ed there, so we saw a niche to explore and started taking a\u00e7a\u00ed there, but we didn\u2019t have external suppliers initially, so we settled for an in-house production,\u201d he explained. Now, Marcelo and Mauricio live in S\u00e3o Paulo, while Godoy remains in Bali. The fourth partner, who wasn’t at Gulfood, is Michael Yung, who lives in Malta.<\/p>\n

The company has a factory in Bel\u00e9m, Brazil, and already exports to more than ten countries, including Canada, Mexico, New Zealand, Netherlands, Spain, and Indonesia, as well as selling in some organic food stores in S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil.<\/p>\n

B.you products are composed by three ingredients, organic a\u00e7a\u00ed, organic tapioca starch, and organic sugar cane syrup. The product most sold to countries that already know a\u00e7a\u00ed, according to Marcelo, is the frozen pulp. \u201cThe juice, however, is a good gateway for the other products, for those who don\u2019t know the Amazonian fruit.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last month, representatives from the company traveled to Dubai and effected its first sale to an Arab country, a distributor in the emirate with more than 600 points of sale only in gas stations. \u201cWe are sending a closed container as a test and then we will negotiate the frequency of the next shipments,\u201d said Marcelo. B-you products are halal-certificated.<\/p>\n

In Gulfood, B.you is one of the showcase companies in APEX-Brasil pavilion. \u201cWe were invited to participate for the first time, then we returned to Dubai within a month,\u201d he told. During the show, the partners talked to a company interested in opening an a\u00e7a\u00ed-themed bar in Dubai. \u201cThey asked for our advice about opening this caf\u00e9 here and we are talking. We have the know-how because we already own two restaurant-caf\u00e9s in Bali,\u201d said Godoy.<\/p>\n

According to the partners, Gulfood already yielded visits to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, France, Germany, Vietnam, Singapore, Hong Kong, and others. \u201cIt is so good to be here as an entirely Brazilian, innovative company that sells healthy products,\u201d stressed Godoy. B.you is associated to the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Translated by Guilherme Miranda<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bruna Garcia\/ANBA<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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