Brazil Nut

The Brazil nut belongs to the family Lecythidaceae produced in South America and the tree of Brazil nut is popular as Bertholletia excelsa. Adaptation of brazil nuts for pollination has taken from the male part of the flower. The tree of Brazil nut commercially harvested for edible seeds. Cracking brazil nuts are tough as the shell is hard, woody and 8-12mm thick. How the brazil nuts are shelled? They are shelled like the segments of orange containing 8-24 triangular seeds which are 4-5 cm long. Often brazil nuts bulk are sold on wholesale price due to their bulk qunatity.

The Brazil nut is from one of those species in the genus Bertholletia which is native to the Guianas, Venezuela, Brazil, eastern Colombia, eastern Peru and eastern Bolivia. This tree is scarted in large forests on the banks of the Amazon, Rio Negro, and the Orinoco. The genus for Brazil tree is named after the French chemist Claude Louis Berthollet.

Brazil nut tree is large in size reaching 30–45 meter (100–150 ft) and trunk diameter is 1–2 m (3–6.5 ft) and considered the largest of trees in the Amazon Rainforests. The age of Brazil nut tree is 500 years or more but according to some authorities its age oftenly reaches an age of 1,000 years. Its stem is straight in structure and unbranched for over half the tree's height, and has large emergent crown of long branches which is surrounding the canopy of other trees. Brazil nut trees bark is grayish in color and smooth in texture. The fruit of brazil nut is only produced in virgin forests, the forests not previously disturbed by human activity, non-virgin forests lack an orchid as this orchid indirectly responsible for the pollination of the flowers. The Brazil nut tree has yellow colored flowers can be pollinated by an insect. American Association for the advancement of science develoed kids science brazil nut tree as to inform the youngers to protect the cultivation of brazil nut as it needs virigin forest for its better growth. Brazil nuts are harvested to 20,000 tonnes each year in which accounts for Bolivia is 50%, brazil account 40% and peru 10% according to year 2000 estimation. 40000 tons of nuts were produced by Brazil in 1980 and 104,487 tons in 1997.

Brazil nut recipes includes many food item such as: brazil nut cookies, brazil nut butter, brazil nut fudge, brazil nut cakes, brazil nut oil, brazil nut effect and many more…

Health Beneifits Of Brazil Nuts:

Brazil nuts nutrition value are 18% protein, carbs in brazil nut is 13%, and 69% fat. The fats are further break into 25% in saturated form, 41% in mono saturated form, and 34% in polyunsaturated form. They are somewhat earthy in flavor. Brazil nut holds a large amount of saturated fats and saturated fats are really dangerous when taken in large quantities. The increase the level of fat and cholesterol in the body. Therefore these nuts are usually substitute with macadamia nuts in order to intake less fats and cholesterol. The nuts are also pressed for oil.

Brazil nut nutrition includes selenium, although the amount of selenium varies greatly. They are also a good source of magnesium and thiamine. Some of the studies show that it helps in reducing the risk of cancer in the body. These help in the reduction of prostitute cancer and therefore very useful while few studies shows that it helps in increasing the problem of heart.

It holds radioactive substance which is in very small amount and didn’t found in other foods. Actually the roots of macadamia nust use radioactive substance while taking minerals from the soil therefore it holds radio active substance.