Brazil Nuts

Brazil nuts are used in baking, candy and consumer pack

Strong winds cause the nuts to fall at harvest time (they are not picked) Sometimes they fall so hard they have to be dug up.

Trees are not cultivated the nuts drop and take root similar to the black walnut

America imports ? of the South America crop

Brazil nuts are a seed from a larger outer shell similar to a coconut, 12-25 fit perfectly once the shell is opened they will not fit back in

Have the highest fat content, 66%

Trees blossom like hydrangeas and take 9 years to bear fruit.

Trees grow to 150 feet and can be 6 feet in diameter. The branches usually start at 40 feet off the ground.

Are imported out of the shell from Brazil. A smaller amount is imported from Venezuela.

• Brazil Nuts