Cashew Nuts
Cashew Nuts
$100
Description
What are cashew nuts?
Cashews are often referred to as a nut, but botanically they are classed as a seed, as they come from the cashew fruit (which is also known as a drupe). Drupes are fruits that are fleshy on the outside, but contain a shell with a seed on the inside. Cashew plants belong to a group of plants known as anacardiaceae, which includes mango, sumac and poison ivy.
Cashew trees grow in warmer climates, such as India and Vietnam, who are some of the world’s biggest producers of cashew nuts. You can buy cashew nuts all year round in the UK as, depending on what part of the world they are grown, they are harvested at different times of the year.
Cashews are small and kidney shaped, pale yellow in colour, and have a rich, nutty and slightly sweeter taste than peanuts. They can be eaten raw, roasted, as a nut butter or cooked in curries, stir-fries and bakes.
Nutritional profile of cashew nuts
30g of raw cashew nuts contains:
166Kcal/695KJ
5.5g protein
13g fat
9g carbohydrate
1g fibre
2mg iron
88mg magnesium
1.7mg zinc
Nutritionally, cashew nuts are a good source of protein and unsaturated fat. A 30g serving contains about 160 calories, but because they are rich in protein and unsaturated fat, they provide a greater satiety level. This serving size also provides about 20% of your daily magnesium intake which is important for hormone health, as well as containing manganese, selenium, iron and zinc.
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