Brazil Nuts – Photo and Information from Vegan Venue
Brazil Nuts are nuts that we keep frozen in our vegan pantry, as it makes them easier to crack the hard shell off and eat them.
Brazil Nuts
The towering Brazil nut tree was originally discovered growing in hard, well-drained land along the Amazon River in South America. The Brazil nut tree produces a large round or pear-shaped fruit with an outer skin, a hard outer shell, and a core containing twelve to twenty Brazil nuts. Brazil nuts are hard to crack open and to retain the whole nuts (as pictured), as the nut usually breaks up with the shell. We have found that the best way to open Brazil nuts is to place them in the freezer. When frozen, the nuts crack open easily, retaining the whole inner nut kernel. See nutritional chart below.
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Nuts, Brazil nuts, dried, unblanched
Scientific Name: Bertholletia excelsa
NDB No: 12078
| Nutrient | Units | Value per 100 grams of edible portion |
Sample Count |
Std. Error |
1 cup shelled (32 kernels) ——- 140.0 g |
1 oz (6-8 kernels) ——- 28.350 g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Proximates |
||||||
| Water |
g
|
3.34
|
6
|
0.537
|
4.676
|
0.947
|
| Energy |
kcal
|
656
|
0
|
918.400
|
185.976
|
|
| Energy |
kj
|
2745
|
0
|
3843.000
|
778.207
|
|
| Protein |
g
|
14.34
|
6
|
0.458
|
20.076
|
4.065
|
| Total lipid (fat) |
g
|
66.22
|
6
|
1.301
|
92.708
|
18.773
|
| Carbohydrate, by difference |
g
|
12.80
|
0
|
17.920
|
3.629
|
|
| Fiber, total dietary |
g
|
5.4
|
0
|
7.560
|
1.531
|
|
| Ash |
g
|
3.30
|
5
|
0.116
|
4.620
|
0.936
|
Minerals |
||||||
| Calcium, Ca |
mg
|
176
|
1
|
246.400
|
49.896
|
|
| Iron, Fe |
mg
|
3.40
|
1
|
4.760
|
0.964
|
|
| Magnesium, Mg |
mg
|
225
|
1
|
315.000
|
63.788
|
|
| Phosphorus, P |
mg
|
600
|
1
|
840.000
|
170.100
|
|
| Potassium, K |
mg
|
600
|
1
|
840.000
|
170.100
|
|
| Sodium, Na |
mg
|
2
|
1
|
2.800
|
0.567
|
|
| Zinc, Zn |
mg
|
4.59
|
2
|
6.426
|
1.301
|
|
| Copper, Cu |
mg
|
1.770
|
1
|
2.478
|
0.502
|
|
| Manganese, Mn |
mg
|
0.774
|
0
|
1.084
|
0.219
|
|
| Selenium, Se |
mcg
|
2960.0
|
529
|
40.043
|
4144.000
|
839.160
|
Vitamins |
||||||
| Vitamin C, total ascorbic acid |
mg
|
0.7
|
0
|
0.980
|
0.198
|
|
| Thiamin |
mg
|
1.000
|
1
|
1.400
|
0.284
|
|
| Riboflavin |
mg
|
0.122
|
0
|
0.171
|
0.035
|
|
| Niacin |
mg
|
1.622
|
0
|
2.271
|
0.460
|
|
| Pantothenic acid |
mg
|
0.236
|
0
|
0.330
|
0.067
|
|
| Vitamin B-6 |
mg
|
0.251
|
2
|
0.351
|
0.071
|
|
| Folate, total |
mcg
|
4
|
1
|
5.600
|
1.134
|
|
| Folic acid |
mcg
|
0
|
0
|
0.000
|
0.000
|
|
| Folate, food |
mcg
|
4
|
1
|
5.600
|
1.134
|
|
| Folate, DFE |
mcg_DFE
|
4
|
0
|
5.600
|
1.134
|
|
| Vitamin B-12 |
mcg
|
0.00
|
0
|
0.000
|
0.000
|
|
| Vitamin A, IU |
IU
|
0
|
0
|
0.000
|
0.000
|
|
| Vitamin A, RE |
mcg_RE
|
0
|
0
|
0.000
|
0.000
|
|
| Vitamin E |
mg_ATE
|
7.600
|
0
|
10.640
|
2.155
|
|
Brazil Nuts Lipids |
||||||
| Fatty acids, total saturated |
g
|
16.154
|
0
|
22.616
|
4.580
|
|
| 4:0 |
g
|
0.000
|
0
|
0.000
|
0.000
|
|
| 6:0 |
g
|
0.000
|
0
|
0.000
|
0.000
|
|
| 8:0 |
g
|
0.000
|
0
|
0.000
|
0.000
|
|
| 10:0 |
g
|
0.000
|
0
|
0.000
|
0.000
|
|
| 12:0 |
g
|
0.000
|
0
|
0.000
|
0.000
|
|
| 14:0 |
g
|
0.620
|
2
|
0.868
|
0.176
|
|
| 16:0 |
g
|
9.519
|
8
|
13.327
|
2.699
|
|
| 18:0 |
g
|
5.679
|
7
|
7.951
|
1.610
|
|
| Fatty acids, total monounsaturated |
g
|
23.016
|
0
|
32.222
|
6.525
|
|
| 16:1 undifferentiated |
g
|
0.324
|
6
|
0.454
|
0.092
|
|
| 18:1 undifferentiated |
g
|
22.382
|
9
|
31.335
|
6.345
|
|
| 20:1 |
g
|
0.062
|
1
|
0.087
|
0.018
|
|
| 22:1 undifferentiated |
g
|
0.000
|
0
|
0.000
|
0.000
|
|
| Fatty acids, total polyunsaturated |
g
|
24.129
|
0
|
33.781
|
6.841
|
|
| 18:2 undifferentiated |
g
|
23.807
|
9
|
33.330
|
6.749
|
|
| 18:3 undifferentiated |
g
|
0.062
|
1
|
0.087
|
0.018
|
|
| 18:4 |
g
|
0.000
|
0
|
0.000
|
0.000
|
|
| 20:4 undifferentiated |
g
|
0.000
|
0
|
0.000
|
0.000
|
|
| 20:5 n-3 |
g
|
0.000
|
0
|
0.000
|
0.000
|
|
| 22:5 n-3 |
g
|
0.000
|
0
|
0.000
|
0.000
|
|
| 22:6 n-3 |
g
|
0.000
|
0
|
0.000
|
0.000
|
|
| Cholesterol |
mg
|
0
|
0
|
0.000
|
0.000
|
|
Amino acids |
||||||
| Tryptophan |
g
|
0.260
|
1
|
0.364
|
0.074
|
|
| Threonine |
g
|
0.460
|
1
|
0.644
|
0.130
|
|
| Isoleucine |
g
|
0.601
|
1
|
0.841
|
0.170
|
|
| Leucine |
g
|
1.187
|
1
|
1.662
|
0.337
|
|
| Lysine |
g
|
0.541
|
1
|
0.757
|
0.153
|
|
| Methionine |
g
|
1.014
|
1
|
1.420
|
0.287
|
|
| Cystine |
g
|
0.349
|
1
|
0.489
|
0.099
|
|
| Phenylalanine |
g
|
0.746
|
1
|
1.044
|
0.211
|
|
| Tyrosine |
g
|
0.457
|
1
|
0.640
|
0.130
|
|
| Valine |
g
|
0.911
|
1
|
1.275
|
0.258
|
|
| Arginine |
g
|
2.390
|
1
|
3.346
|
0.678
|
|
| Histidine |
g
|
0.402
|
1
|
0.563
|
0.114
|
|
| Alanine |
g
|
0.570
|
1
|
0.798
|
0.162
|
|
| Aspartic acid |
g
|
1.355
|
1
|
1.897
|
0.384
|
|
| Glutamic acid |
g
|
3.151
|
1
|
4.411
|
0.893
|
|
| Glycine |
g
|
0.657
|
1
|
0.920
|
0.186
|
|
| Proline |
g
|
0.762
|
1
|
1.067
|
0.216
|
|
| Serine |
g
|
0.746
|
1
|
1.044
|
0.211
|
USDA Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 14 (July 2001)
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