Highlights: The present work emphasizes the importance of knowledge of the proximal composition and the bioactive compounds of buriti pulp and its sweet obtained from different locations of Brazil, aiming at the valorization of the native fruit. This article is the first to report the concentration of bioactive compounds in buriti sweet and one of the few to describe their nutritional value. The paper should be of interest to readers in the of area "assessment of the nutritional quality of fruit products".