Jabuticaba Index®

Categorizing Brazilian singularities. From the capybara to the precatório.

Food#18 of 26Fictional data

Açaí bowl

Açaí pulp blended cold with granola. In Pará they eat it differently.

Machine translation, not yet reviewed.

01Where else it exists

Projection
United Arab Emirates: Regional (Brazilian export)Australia: Widespread (Brazilian export)Bolivia: MarginalBrazilCanada: Regional (Brazilian export)Switzerland: Regional (Brazilian export)Colombia: RegionalGermany: Regional (Brazilian export)Spain: Regional (Brazilian export)France: Regional (Brazilian export)United Kingdom: Regional (Brazilian export)Ireland: Regional (Brazilian export)Italy: Regional (Brazilian export)Japan: Regional (Brazilian export)South Korea: Regional (Brazilian export)Mexico: Regional (Brazilian export)Netherlands: Regional (Brazilian export)New Zealand: Regional (Brazilian export)Peru: RegionalPortugal: Regional (Brazilian export)Sweden: Regional (Brazilian export)United States: Widespread (Brazilian export)Venezuela: Marginal
United Arab Emirates: Regional (Brazilian export)Australia: Widespread (Brazilian export)Bolivia: MarginalBrazilCanada: Regional (Brazilian export)Switzerland: Regional (Brazilian export)Colombia: RegionalGermany: Regional (Brazilian export)Spain: Regional (Brazilian export)France: Regional (Brazilian export)United Kingdom: Regional (Brazilian export)Ireland: Regional (Brazilian export)Italy: Regional (Brazilian export)Japan: Regional (Brazilian export)South Korea: Regional (Brazilian export)Mexico: Regional (Brazilian export)Netherlands: Regional (Brazilian export)New Zealand: Regional (Brazilian export)Peru: RegionalPortugal: Regional (Brazilian export)Sweden: Regional (Brazilian export)United States: Widespread (Brazilian export)Venezuela: Marginal
  • Local presence(Marginal → Widespread)
  • Exported from Brazil(Marginal → Widespread)
  • Brazil
  • Absent (checked)
  • No data

Sovereign projection: Equal Earth centered on 60° W, south up, as on IBGE's world maps. Colonial projection: Equal Earth. Places with uncertain presence take the color of the highest possible level; the table shows the full range.

Place (22)
PlacePresenceWeightSources
AustraliaWidespreadBrazilian export0.5[1]
ColombiaRegional0.5[1]
PeruRegional0.5[1]
United StatesWidespreadBrazilian export0.5[1]
CanadaRegionalBrazilian export0.25[1]
FranceRegionalBrazilian export0.25[1]
GermanyRegionalBrazilian export0.25[1]
IrelandRegionalBrazilian export0.25[1]
ItalyRegionalBrazilian export0.25[1]
JapanRegionalBrazilian export0.25[1]
MexicoRegionalBrazilian export0.25[1]
NetherlandsRegionalBrazilian export0.25[1]
New ZealandRegionalBrazilian export0.25[1]
PortugalRegionalBrazilian export0.25[1]
South KoreaRegionalBrazilian export0.25[1]
SpainRegionalBrazilian export0.25[1]
SwedenRegionalBrazilian export0.25[1]
SwitzerlandRegionalBrazilian export0.25[1]
United Arab EmiratesRegionalBrazilian export0.25[1]
United KingdomRegionalBrazilian export0.25[1]
BoliviaMarginal0.1[1]
VenezuelaMarginal0.1[1]
Presence abroad6.2

02What exactly is being measured

Frozen açaí pulp, blended and served in a bowl with sweet toppings.

03Context

The fruit grows throughout the Amazon [1], but the bowl is a Brazilian urban creation [2].

04How we got this number

Presence abroad

Sum of each place's weight: widespread = 1, regional = 0.5, marginal = 0.1. Where it only exists as a Brazilian export, the weight is multiplied by 0.5.

6.2
Exclusivity E

From 0 (exists everywhere) to 1 (only in Brazil), on a log scale.

0.57
Intensity I

How much more common it is in Brazil than in the other places where it exists.

More common in Brazil, but the bowl is now sold in cafés across half the world (fictional data). [2]

2 of 4
Rarity coefficient R

R = E + 0.5 × (I ÷ 4) × (1 − E)

R = 0.57 + 0.5 × (2 ÷ 4) × (1 − 0.57) = 0.68

0.68
Jabuticaba Index®
68%

Not part of the score

Awareness

How aware Brazilians are that this is rare abroad.

Recognized as Brazilian. editorial judgment

3 of 4

Evidence grade

Computed from source types: from A (official and academic data) to D (editorial judgment). It does not change the index.

A

05Sources

  1. [1]

    A. Nonymous, P. Laceholder. A Global Survey of Allegedly Unique Things

    University of Nowhere Press · Jun 2024 · Academic

    example.org/fictional-survey · accessed Sep 25, 2026

  2. [2]

    Censo Imaginário de Coisas Brasileiras 2025

    Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia Imaginária · 2025 · Statistical data · in Portuguese

    example.org/fictional-census · accessed Sep 25, 2026