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Roasted Cashews (Salted)
Jumbo cashews freshly roasted to perfection and then slightly salted to enhance a truly delicious taste, you will certainly understand why these cashews are one of our top sellers. |
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Roasted Cashews (Unsalted)
Jumbo cashews roasted at the peak of their freshness to lock in that ultimate sweet flavor everyone loves. |
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Raw Cashews
Raw natural cashews are high in protein and low in carbohydrates. They are used for baking, cooking or snacking. |
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Honey Roasted Cashews
Jumbo cashews roasted to perfection, then covered in a honey coating with a slight touch of salt. A best seller! |
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Organic Cashews (Raw)
Organic raw cashews. The taste is identical to the raw cashews, but these are certified organic by CCOF.
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Milk Chocolate Covered Cashews
Jumbo cashews roasted, then rolled in milk chocolate. They will satisfy any chocolate lover! |
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Dark Chocolate Covered Cashews
These dark chocolate covered cashews are great! We take premium cashews and roll them in high quality dark chocolate. |
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Cashew Crunch
A delicious blend of freshly roasted cashews with honey and molasses. A great idea for parties and for those who like a sweet treat. |
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NewDry Roasted Cashews (Salted)
Delicious jumbo cashews dry roasted and lightly salted. A real treat with no added oils! These are some of the best cashews you can find anywhere. |
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NewDry Roasted Cashews (Unsalted)
Delicious jumbo cashews dry roasted. A real treat with no added oils! These are some of the best cashews you can find anywhere. |
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White Chocolate Toffee Cashews
Can these white chocolate toffee cashews taste better than they look and sound? Remarkably, yes! |
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12 ounce containersMilk Chocolate Cashew Clusters
Milk chocolate cashew clusters also known as Turtles. We take fresh roasted cashews and cover them in gooey and delicious caramel. Then smother them in only the smoothest best tasting milk chocolate. |
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Cashew Pieces
These raw cashew pieces are perfect for cooking, baking, or mixing into your favorite recipes. Great for snacking also. |
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12 ounce containersDark Chocolate Cashew Clusters
Dark chocolate cashew clusters also known as Turtles. We take fresh roasted cashews and cover them in gooey and delicious caramel. Then smother them in only the best dark chocolate. |
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Organic Cashew Butter (Roasted, Smooth)
Organic dry roasted cashews are used to make this incredible tasting smooth organic cashew butter. There is no added sugar or salt. Just pure cashew butter. Excellent to spread on sandwiches or fruit. |
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Cashews belong to the Anarcardiacaeae or cashew family. The English word “cashew” is derived from the Portuguese “caju”. The Latin American Spanish word for cashew- maranon- presumably originated from Maranho, Brazil, one of the first regions where the Spanish observed cashews.
The cashew tree is a hardy, fast-growing, evergreen perennial with a symmetrical, umbrella like canopy. If growing under favorable conditions it can reach heights of forty to fifty feet. Under less favorable conditions, in the poor soils and marginal locations, which it is usually found, the cashew is much smaller. The stems of the tree tend to be gnarled and tortuous and branches are crooked. This gives the tree a decidedly unkempt appearance. The lower branches frequently rest on the ground and strike root, thereby enhancing the spreading form. The leathery leaves, four to eight inches long and two to three inches in width, are heavily veined. The aromatic five petaled flowers are yellowish pink.
Cashew trees flourish in the extreme heat of the tropics. During the past four centuries they have been extensively planted in warm regions throughout the world. They are easily cultivated, vigorous, drought-resistant and require little care. The trees may live for thirty to forty years.
The cashews most likely originated in northeastern Brazil near the equator. In 1558, A. Thevet, a French naturalist visited the territory of Maranhao in northern Brazil and provided the earliest known published illustration of the cashew. It is likely that Spanish sailors introduced the cashew to Panama and Central America in the sixteenth century.
The cashew is peculiar and versatile: It produces not only an edible nut but also a nutritive, edible “apple” and valuable nut shell oil. The cashew fruit consists of two distinct parts: The first part is the fleshy, pear-shaped stalk, known as the cashew apple which is juicy, thick-skinned, brilliant yellow, red, or scarlet color, and about two to four and one-half inches in length. The cashew fruit actually looks more like a pear than an apple and in many regions of Brazil the cashew apple is referred to as the “pera”. The second is the grayish-brown, kidney-shaped nut which is about one to one and one-half inches long. It is attached to the lower end of the apple. Cashew nuts are the true fruit, while the cashew apple, about eight to ten times as heavy as the nut, is the swollen stalk, or peduncle, which supports the flower.
The nut shell is smooth, oily and about one-eighth of an inch thick. Its honeycombed, cellular, inner portion contains the cashew nut. The cashew nut kernel is approximately seven-eighths of an inch in length, and is wrapped in a testa or thin brown skin. This is the cashew nut of commerce. The nut shell with its side indentation pointed upward, looks like a heart. The generic name Anacardium means “shaped like a heart.”
Cashew trees start bearing fruit usually in the third or fourth year and under favorable conditions reach maximum production in about seven years. Although yields vary considerably, a fair, average annual yield from a mature cashew tree is about one hundred to one hundred-fifty pounds of apples and nuts from which twenty pounds of un-hulled nuts and six pounds of kernels can be obtained.
Cashew nuts have been called the poor man’s crop but a rich man’s food. The World Bank has estimated that at least 97% of world cashew production comes from wild growth and small peasant holdings. At most, systematically planned plantations supply 3%.
The flowering of the cashew tree lasts for two to three months and the fruit matures about two months later. The nut develops first from the cashew flower, while the apple swells later between the nut and the stem. After harvesting, the ripe cashew apple will only keep fresh for about twenty four hours. The nuts however, can be kept for a year or longer if dried.
The nuts should be dried immediately after being harvested. Sun dryings is often carried out on bamboo mats, palm leaves, or specially prepared floors meant for drying. The nuts should be constantly turned and dried for several days until they rattle in the shell.
After drying, cashew kernels are the graded by quality, size and color. Grading of the cashew kernels is carried out in accordance with internationally recognized standards based on size and color. Other cashew classifications include scorched kernels and dessert kernels( the lowest quality). These types are then divided into whole or broken grades and separated into subgroups according to size.
Approximately 60% of cashew kernels are consumed as salted nuts. High priced cashews represent essentially a luxury product for high income groups. In the snack market, cashews must compete with lower priced peanuts as well as chips, crisps, popcorn and other confectionary items. Cashews are more widely used in confectionery nut candies and chocolate bars than in bakery products. Cashews have become one of the most popular dessert nuts behind almonds. They are delicious in their natural state, or in a variety of candied varieties including chocolate covered and honey roasted cashews.
We also carry wholesale cashews.
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| "I received my order in a day and the cashews are BIG and DELICIOUS!!!!!!
Thank You!!!!" |
| -- Robert, MA |
| "The cashews are awesome!!
Big, fresh, and super FAST shipping!!
Great company to deal with." |
| -- Robert, Stoughton, Ma. |
| "Everything arrived within a day of ordering! Terrific service! The cashews are absolutely delicious! I haven't been able to stop eating them! Extremely addictive!" |
| -- Heather, scotch plains, NJ |
| "Shipping was super-fast! The cashews are huge, crunchy and delicious. All I can say about the chocolate covered cashews is- YUM! We will definitely be back for more!" |
| -- Terri, Haverhill, MA |
| "Just received our shipment of cashews. Delicious, hope there are some left by the time my husband gets home." |
| -- JoAnne, Westerville, Ohio |
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