07 May Pioneering macadamia as a food ingredient
SA's largest macadamia group, Green & Gold Macadamias, has developed some interesting ingredient applications using this versatile and highly popular nut.
16 Jul US: Cashews on a surge
Cashew nuts are soaring in popularity in the US as snackers seek healthier options, and industry experts expect demand to grow further as snack brands include the nuts in new products and the ongoing drought in California drives up the price...
14 Mar Innovative positionings drive the nuts market forward
The share of nuts in global snack foods launches has risen steadily in recent years as nuts have found increasing favour as convenient and nutritious snacks, and technology and innovative packaging has allowed development of the value-added category in particular, according to Innova Market Insights....
05 Dec Almonds 2013: larger crop, smaller size
The US supplies 80 percent of the world’s almonds, with one of the top producers, Blue Diamond Growers, reporting that manufacturers who use almonds will have to gear their recipes around much smaller-than-anticipated nuts, albeit the total crop yield was better than predicted....
27 Nov Health-conscious consumers are nuts about nuts, reports NPD
The recently released Harvard study on the health benefits of eating nuts just confirmed what health conscious-consumers already tell us, that nuts are good for you, reports The NPD Group, a leading global information company....
27 Nov Harvard study: Eating nuts may make you live longer
According to the largest study of its kind, people who ate a daily handful of nuts were 20 percent less likely to die from any cause over a 30-year period than those who didn’t consume nuts, say scientists from the Harvard-affiliated
17 Jan 18 reasons to start using more nuts
Acceptance of nuts by many consumers still is hindered by the fact that they are calorically dense, in spite of their having earned a reputation as a healthy food among nutritionists and health professionals....
30 Mar Walnuts are top nut for heart-healthy antioxidants
A new scientific study positions walnuts in the No 1 slot among a family of foods that lay claim to being among Mother Nature's most nearly perfect packaged foods: tree and ground nuts. ...