Whole Food. Less Sugar.

Whole Food at Fresche. Most acai in the valley is scooped straight from a tub or pulled from a soft serve machine. Ours is blended to order with whole fruit, and that changes what ends up in your bowl.

Blended to order, not scooped straight from a tub.

Here is how most acai bowls in Arizona get made. A pre blended, pre sweetened base arrives frozen in a tub. Somebody scoops it. It is fast and consistent and usually loaded with added sugar, because sugar is what makes a pre made frozen product taste like anything.

We have never done it that way. Whole frozen strawberries, blueberries, banana, mango, pineapple and raspberries go into the blender with organic acai or pitaya and real apple juice, coconut milk or water. The blend is made when you order it, not poured out of a tub that was finished somewhere else.

One list reads like groceries. The other does not.

In our bowls

• Whole frozen strawberries, blueberries and banana
• Mango, pineapple and raspberries
• Organic acai and organic pitaya
• Real apple juice, coconut milk or water
• Real honey
• House made peanut butter, fresh daily

Never in our bowls

• Syrups and sherbet
• Artificial flavorings
• Dyes
• Anything you cannot pronounce

What whole food means behind our counter

Our own nut butters, from a recipe we will not share. The peanut butter is made fresh daily, in house, from our own recipe, and fifteen years of customers asking has not pried it loose. The almond and pecan butters we use are natural, with nothing in them but the nut.

Sourced with care, close to home. Real honey for the drizzle. Farm fresh produce for the juice, including Arizona grown citrus, which means the oranges in your juice were probably on a tree in this state. Organic acai and organic pitaya. Certified gluten free granola.

Nothing artificial, full stop. No syrups, no sherbet, no flavorings, no dyes. If you cannot pronounce it, it is not going in your bowl. That has been the standard since Marcy and Brad opened the first shop in 2011, and it is the reason the menu reads like a grocery list instead of a chemistry set.

Custom blends are the point. Because everything is blended to order, everything is adjustable. Less sweet, more protein, no honey, water instead of juice, any allergy worked around at the counter. Regulars have orders we know by heart.

One menu, five jobs.

Breakfast, Lunch, Post Workout, Snack, Dessert. A small bowl is a snack or a dessert you do not have to talk yourself into. A medium is a full meal, and it is what our lunch regulars order four days a week. A large with a scoop of whey or pea protein is a recovery meal that does not taste like a recovery meal.

That is what whole food buys you. The same real ingredients work at 8:00 AM, after the gym, and in the dessert slot, without a sugar crash writing the ending.

Whole food, gluten free, vegan. Pick any or all three.

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Frequently Asked

Do your acai bowls have added sugar?

Our blends do not. Every bowl is blended to order from whole frozen fruit, organic acai or pitaya, and real apple juice, coconut milk or water. There is no syrup and no pre sweetened base. The honey drizzle on top is optional and comes off on request, and if you want it even lighter, ask for water instead of juice.

What makes Genuine Fresche different from other acai shops?

Most acai around the valley comes out of a tub as a pre made scoopable base, and most of those bases are loaded with added sugar, because sugar is what makes a pre made frozen product taste like anything. We blend every bowl to order from whole fruit instead. It takes a couple of extra minutes and it is the entire difference.

Do you really make your own peanut butter?

We do, fresh every day, in house, from our own recipe, and we are not sharing it. The almond and pecan butters we use are natural, single ingredient butters. They go into bowls, smoothies and shakes with nothing artificial along for the ride.

Is an acai bowl a meal or a snack?

Both, depending on the size. A small works as a snack or dessert, a medium is a full meal and what our lunch regulars order, and a large with added protein is a legitimate post workout meal. That range is the point.

Can I make my order even lower in sugar?

Yes. Ask for no honey, ask for water instead of apple juice in the blend, and skip the granola. Because everything is made to order, the bowl is yours to adjust.

Taste the difference at either shop, seven days a week.

Genuine Fresche Gilbert: 1686 N Higley Rd #105, Gilbert, AZ 85234, 480-654-5959

Genuine Fresche Tempe: 1726 E Southern Ave #3, Tempe, AZ 85282, 480-730-3557

Ready to Order.

Every bowl is blended to order at both shops. Gilbert and Tempe, seven days a week.