Nut and Seed Products
According to botany, a nut is the simple dry fruit. It is having one or two seeds in it. Nuts are covered with a hard shell. It is the covering of the ripened ovary. The cover becomes hard when mature. The seeds remain separated within the covering of the ovary. Nuts usually developed from pistils of inferior quality.
Nuts can be consumed a various way; whole, flaked, groundnuts and butter obtained from the nuts are freely available in the market.
Nuts are added into sweets for marinating the dish, into cakes, biscuits and pastries.
Nuts are rich source of proteins and vitamins like vitamin-A and E, minerals and carbohydrates. Fat quantity is high in some nuts.
The nuts we usually consume are Almonds, Cashews, Chestnuts, Brazilnuts, Cocoanut, Peanut, Hazels, walnuts, Pistachio and Pecans. The seeds we prefer as foodstuff are Pumpkin, Sunflower and sesame seeds.
Benefits of taking nuts and seed products
Good to eat.
Contains essential vitamins like Vitamin A and E and minerals like phosphorus and potassium.
Adding nuts to sweets give extra flavor and nutrition.
Risk
Peanut contains saturated fat in excess. Obese persons and patients should take this with caution.
Recommended daily dose
Twenty grams of cashew and peanut. Ten to fifteen grams of Almonds and walnut.
Nut and Seed Products subcategories
AcornsAlmondsCashew nutsChestnutsCoconutPecansPistachio nutsWalnutsCottonseedPumpkin and squash seedsSesameSunflower seedsHazelnutsBreadfruit seedsFood in category Nut and Seed Products, ordered alphabetically
Nuts, beechnuts, driedNuts, brazilnuts, dried, unblanched
Nuts, butternuts, dried
Nuts, formulated, wheat-based, all flavors except macadamia, without salt
Nuts, formulated, wheat-based, flavored, macadamia flavored, without salt
Nuts, formulated, wheat-based, unflavored, with salt added
Nuts, ginkgo nuts, canned
Nuts, ginkgo nuts, dried
Nuts, ginkgo nuts, raw
Nuts, hickorynuts, dried
Nuts, macadamia nuts, dry roasted, with salt added
Nuts, macadamia nuts, dry roasted, without salt added
Nuts, macadamia nuts, raw
Nuts, mixed nuts, dry roasted, with peanuts, with salt added
Nuts, mixed nuts, dry roasted, with peanuts, without salt added
Nuts, mixed nuts, oil roasted, with peanuts, with salt added
Nuts, mixed nuts, oil roasted, with peanuts, without salt added
Nuts, mixed nuts, oil roasted, without peanuts, without salt added
Nuts, mixed nuts, without peanuts, oil roasted, with salt added
Nuts, pilinuts-canarytree, dried
Nuts, pine nuts, dried
Nuts, pine nuts, pinyon, dried
Seeds, breadnuttree seeds, dried
Seeds, breadnuttree seeds, raw
Seeds, chia seeds, dried
Seeds, flaxseed
Seeds, lotus seeds, dried
Seeds, lotus seeds, raw
Seeds, safflower seed kernels, dried
Seeds, safflower seed meal, partially defatted
Seeds, sisymbrium sp. seeds, whole, dried
Seeds, watermelon seed kernels, dried
Nuts, acorn flour, full fat
Nuts, acorns, dried
Nuts, acorns, raw
Nuts, hazelnuts or filberts
Nuts, hazelnuts or filberts, blanched
Nuts, hazelnuts or filberts, dry roasted, without salt added
Nuts, almond butter, plain, with salt added
Nuts, almond butter, plain, without salt added
Nuts, almond paste
Nuts, almonds
Nuts, almonds, blanched
Nuts, almonds, dry roasted, with salt added
Nuts, almonds, dry roasted, without salt added
Nuts, almonds, honey roasted, unblanched
Nuts, almonds, oil roasted, with salt added
Nuts, almonds, oil roasted, without salt added
Nuts, cashew butter, plain, with salt added
Nuts, cashew butter, plain, without salt added
Nuts, cashew nuts, dry roasted, with salt added
Nuts, cashew nuts, dry roasted, without salt added
Nuts, cashew nuts, oil roasted, with salt added
Nuts, cashew nuts, oil roasted, without salt added
Nuts, cashew nuts, raw
Nuts, chestnuts, chinese, boiled and steamed
Nuts, chestnuts, chinese, dried
Nuts, chestnuts, chinese, raw
Nuts, chestnuts, chinese, roasted
Nuts, chestnuts, european, boiled and steamed
Nuts, chestnuts, european, dried, peeled
Nuts, chestnuts, european, dried, unpeeled
Nuts, chestnuts, european, raw, peeled
Nuts, chestnuts, european, raw, unpeeled
Nuts, chestnuts, european, roasted
Nuts, chestnuts, japanese, boiled and steamed
Nuts, chestnuts, japanese, dried
Nuts, chestnuts, japanese, raw
Nuts, chestnuts, japanese, roasted
Nuts, coconut cream, canned (liquid expressed from grated meat)
Nuts, coconut cream, raw (liquid expressed from grated meat)
Nuts, coconut meat, dried (desiccated), creamed
Nuts, coconut meat, dried (desiccated), not sweetened
Nuts, coconut meat, dried (desiccated), sweetened, flaked, canned
Nuts, coconut meat, dried (desiccated), sweetened, flaked, packaged
Nuts, coconut meat, dried (desiccated), sweetened, shredded
Nuts, coconut meat, dried (desiccated), toasted
Nuts, coconut meat, raw
Nuts, coconut milk, canned (liquid expressed from grated meat and water)
Nuts, coconut milk, frozen (liquid expressed from grated meat and water)
Nuts, coconut milk, raw (liquid expressed from grated meat and water)
Nuts, coconut water (liquid from coconuts)
Nuts, pecans
Nuts, pecans, dry roasted, with salt added
Nuts, pecans, dry roasted, without salt added
Nuts, pecans, oil roasted, with salt added
Nuts, pecans, oil roasted, without salt added
Nuts, pistachio nuts, dry roasted, with salt added
Nuts, pistachio nuts, dry roasted, without salt added
Nuts, pistachio nuts, raw
Nuts, walnuts, black, dried
Nuts, walnuts, english
Seeds, cottonseed flour, low fat (glandless)
Seeds, cottonseed flour, partially defatted (glandless)
Seeds, cottonseed kernels, roasted (glandless)
Seeds, cottonseed meal, partially defatted (glandless)
Seeds, pumpkin and squash seed kernels, dried
Seeds, pumpkin and squash seed kernels, roasted, with salt added
Seeds, pumpkin and squash seed kernels, roasted, without salt
Seeds, pumpkin and squash seeds, whole, roasted, with salt added
Seeds, pumpkin and squash seeds, whole, roasted, without salt
Seeds, sesame butter, paste
Seeds, sesame butter, tahini, from raw and stone ground kernels
Seeds, sesame butter, tahini, from roasted and toasted kernels (most common type)
Seeds, sesame butter, tahini, from unroasted kernels (non-chemically removed seed coat)
Seeds, sesame butter, tahini, type of kernels unspecified
Seeds, sesame flour, high-fat
Seeds, sesame flour, low-fat
Seeds, sesame flour, partially defatted
Seeds, sesame meal, partially defatted
Seeds, sesame seed kernels, dried (decorticated)
Seeds, sesame seed kernels, toasted, with salt added (decorticated)
Seeds, sesame seed kernels, toasted, without salt added (decorticated)
Seeds, sesame seeds, whole, dried
Seeds, sesame seeds, whole, roasted and toasted
Seeds, sunflower seed butter, with salt added
Seeds, sunflower seed butter, without salt
Seeds, sunflower seed flour, partially defatted
Seeds, sunflower seed kernels, dried
Seeds, sunflower seed kernels, dry roasted, with salt added
Seeds, sunflower seed kernels, dry roasted, without salt
Seeds, sunflower seed kernels, oil roasted, with salt added
Seeds, sunflower seed kernels, oil roasted, without salt
Seeds, sunflower seed kernels, toasted, with salt added
Seeds, sunflower seed kernels, toasted, without salt
Seeds, breadfruit seeds, boiled
Seeds, breadfruit seeds, raw
Seeds, breadfruit seeds, roasted