Introduce
The cashew nut is is a type of nut originating from the Northeastern region of Brazil and widely grown in tropical regions.
Cashew Nut is part of the cashew apple, have kidney-shaped seeds that cling to the bottom of the cashew apple, their seeds are always separated from the shell before use. Because the inside of the shell contains caustic resin, which is very harmful to health.
Cashew nut have high nutritional value, it is used as snacking and seasoning for cooking.
Nowadays, it is widely grown in Vietnam, India and West African countries, there country is accounts for 90% of the world’s Raw cashew nut (RCN) production. Vietnam is the largest cashew nut processing country in the world, 80% of the world’s raw cashew nut production is shipped to Vietnam and processed and finished cashew kernel exported around the world.
Why has Vietnam become the world’s leading to processing and exporting cashew nuts?
In the cashew nut processing industry, Vietnam is behind countries like Brazil and India, but now we are the world’s leading cashew nut processing and exporting country with the nature of industrious workers and superior cashew processing technology/machinery.
How to Vietnam cashew machinery and Technology is a revolution for the cashew nut processing industry ?
In the 90s, when Vietnamese machines were not yet born, the cashew nut processing factories in the world were mainly small-scale and manually processed, with high production costs and high finished products, only suitable for high class of society in the world.
Nutrients of cashew nut
- Calories: 157
- Protein: 5 grams
- Fat: 12 grams
- Carbs: 9 grams
- Fiber: 1 gram
- Copper: 67% of the Daily Value (DV)
- Magnesium: 20% of the DV
- Manganese: 20% of the DV
- Zinc: 15% of the DV
- Phosphorus: 13% of the DV
- Iron: 11% of the DV
- Selenium: 10% of the DV
- Thiamine: 10% of the DV
- Vitamin K: 8% of the DV
- Vitamin B6: 7% of the DV
Detail can refer source in website Heathline
What is the effect of cashew nut?
Have 8 amazing benefits of eating cashew nut
- Prevent cardiovascular diseases
- Prevents cancer
- Weight loss foods
- Glowing skin
- Good for gut
- Great for the eyes
- Maintains nerve health
- Boosts your energy level
