BRAZIL NUT SUPPLIER

Peruvian Brazil Nut (Bertholletia excelsa) are wild harvested in the Tambopata reserve, Madre de Dios – Peru. The nuts are harvested a few months a year and are a development opportunity for local Amazonian communities that care for pristine forests. Its oil is valued for its high content of omega 6 and 9, as well as selenium.

At AMAZON ANDES we are producers, suppliers and exporters of products derived from Brazil Nuts. We offer wholesale prices for importers and distributors. We are suppliers of the best raw material from the Andean-Amazonian area in Peru.

We have HACCP and GMP certifications plus FDA certified facilities. We also offer the EOM service or private label in the following products:

Brazil Nut oil.
Brazil Nut Oil Softgel capsules.
Roasted Brazil nut.
Brazil nut Powder.

Batch certificates of analysis and samples are available.

We are the best alternative from origin. The best amazonian Brazil Nut supplier.

ORIGIN OF BRAZIL NUTS

The Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa) tree is enormous; frequently reach of 40 to 50 meters height or more, and it can reach ages of 500-800 years old. This tree is native in many northern parts of the South American continent, like Guiana, Bolivia, Venezuela, Brazil, Peru, Colombia and Ecuador. Madre de Dios is the only area in Peru where this kind of tree grows.

Between December and March , the coconuts fall from the tres , and the collector of the nuts ( known as Castañeros ) move to the middle of the amazonian forest in order to recollect the Brazil Nuts. The fruit is a large, round woody capsule or pod, about the size of a large grapefruit and weighing up to 2.2 kg. The fruit pods grow at the ends of thick branches, then ripen and fall from the tree from January to June, usually with a loud crashing sound as they fall 50 meters through the canopy like cannon balls. Inside each fruit pod, wedged in like orange segments, are 12 to 25 Brazil nuts, each within its own individual shell. Mature Brazil nut trees can produce approximately 300 or more of these fruit pods annually.

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TRADITIONAL USE OF BRAZIL NUT

The Brazil nut is a three-sided nut with white meat or flesh that consists of 70% fat and 17% protein. For centuries the indigenous tribes of the rainforest have relied on Brazil nuts as an important and significant staple in their diet - so important, that the nuts have even been used as a trade commodity, much like money. Indigenous tribes eat the nuts raw or grate them and mix them into gruels. In the Brazilian Amazon, the nuts are grated with the thorny stilt roots of Socratea palms into a white mush known as leite de castanha and then stirred into manioc flour. This food is a valuable source of calories, fat, and protein for much of the Amazon's rural and tribal peoples. With such a high oil content, fresh Brazil nuts will even burn like miniature candles when lit. The oil is extracted from the nuts and used by indigenous and rural people for cooking oil, lamps, soap, and livestock feed. The empty seed pods, often called "monkey's pots," are used to carry around small smoky fires to discourage attacks of black flies, as cups to collect rubber latex from tapped trees, and as drinking cups. The husks of these seed pods have also been used in Brazilian folk medicine to brew into tea to treat stomachaches, and the tree bark is brewed into tea to treat liver ailments.

BENEFITS OF BRAZIL NUTS

SOURCE OF DIETARY FIBRE

CONTAINS ZINC

100 G OF BRAZIL NUTS PROVIDE ABOUT 656 CALORIES

THE NUTS ARE ALSO A VERY GOOD SOURCE OF VITAMIN-E

BRAZIL NUTS HOLD EXCEPTIONALLY HIGH LEVELS OF SELENIUM

SOURCE OF B-COMPLEX

HIGH CONTENT OF MINERALS

SOURCE OF PLANT PROTEIN PARTICULARLY

USE OF BRAZIL NUTS

RECOMMENDED USE

It is recommended toe at between 2 and 4 brazil nuts per day , without eating more than 30 g

Brazil nuts with fresh dates for an after dinner snack to satisfy your sweet cravings or pop a Brazil nut inside a pitted prune for a sweet crunchy surprise.

For an antioxidant-rich meal, combine your favorite pasta with broccoli, sundried tomato and Brazil nut pesto.

Chopped Brazil nuts are great added to cereal or yoghurt. For a change from peanut butter, try ABC spread (a combination of almonds, Brazil nuts and cashews).

Brazil nut burgers – combine Brazil nuts, red kidney beans, grated carrot, parsley, spring onions, lemon juice and garlic in a food processor. Form into patties and cook in a frying pan or BBQ using a little olive oil. Serve on a wholegrain roll with avocado and salad.

Add Brazil nuts for a nutty variation on your favourite fruit cake.

Combine chopped Brazil nuts with fresh breadcrumbs, herbs and egg to make a tasty Christmas turkey stuffing or use to coat fish or chicken.

Add chopped Brazil nuts to herbs and use to stuff mushrooms.

SIDE EFFECTS AND CONTRAINDICATIONS OF BRAZIL NUTS

Brazil nut allergy, like other tree-nut allergies may occur in some sensitive individuals. The reaction symptoms may range from simple skin itching (hives) to severe form of anaphylactic manifestations, including breathing difficulty, pain abdomen, vomiting, and diarrhea. Cross-reactions may occur to some other nuts and fruits, especially of Anacardiaceae family such as mango, cashew nuts, pistachio...etc. Persons with known allergic reactions to any of these nuts may, therefore, need to observe caution.

Excess consumption of these nuts may result in selenium toxicity. Oftentimes the symptoms may be severe, including nausea, vomiting, garlic odor in breath, emotional disturbances. Other likely manifestations may include dental caries, alopecia (loss of hair), neuropathic pain, dermatitis...etc. It is, therefore, advised to eat only few nuts (2-4 nuts) per day (each nut weighs about 5 g).

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