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Melrose Brazil Nut and Linseed Spread 250g
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Overview
Brazil Nut Bertholletia excelsa
Also Para Nut, Butter Nut, Creme Nut or Castanea. The hard walled fruit of the tree is 8 18cm in diameter and is globular in shape, resembling a large coconut. This woody capsule is made with 8 24 nuts or seeds which are arranged in it like sections of an orange. Each nut has a really hard shell and is three cornered in shape. Brazil nuts are elevated in fat and protein concentration and taste somewhat like almond or coconut.
The evergreen tree grows wild in stands in the Amazon River basin and reaches to heights of 150 feet 45 metres or more. During the period January. June the capsules ripen and fall to the ground, where they can be harvested. The nuts within them are then taken out, dried by the warm sun, laveed and exported while still in shell.
The nuts can be shipped only during the rainy season, when stream and river waters are navigable. Belem, a port in the Brazilian State of Para, is a centre for Brazil nut export, and the nuts are often Para nuts. Brazil nut kernels are sugary sweet pure tasting and an excellent source of protein. Brazil nuts are the luxuriantest natural, healthful source of selenium, a powerful anti oxidant.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why is there natural oil in the top of the jar?
Melrose nut spreads are made from 100 Percent lightly roasted nuts.
Unlike most peanut butters the natural, healthful oils in Melrose nut spreads are not submitted to hydrogenation. In normal spreads this hydrogenation turns liquid natural oils into solids so that they will not separate out. However hydrogenation also produces trans fatty acids and these have negative health effects.
* Melrose nut spreads contain only natural, healthful oils.
* Melrose Nut spreads contain no hydrogenated Natural Oils.
* Melrose nut spreads contain no trans fats.
When utilising Melrose nut spreads, simply stir in the natural, healthful oils. Do not pour off the natural oil as this will leave you with a dry spread.
Aren't nuts fattening?
Nuts are nutrifying, revitalising health promoting foods and when eaten in moderation have no association with weight gain. Although nuts are generally elevated in fat, this fat is mostly monounsaturated or polyunsaturated fat. Nuts also have an elevated fullness value i.e. they make you feel complete for a relatively low kilojoules consumption which may benefit weight loss.
Product Sizes
Melrose nut spreads come in a 240g jar.
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