Description
High Quality Organic California Grade Almond Nuts Freshly Roasted for Healthy Snacking on Sale
High Quality Organic California Grade Almond Nuts Freshly Roasted for Healthy Snacking on Sale
Classifications are based on the hardness of the shell; thus, in Spain there are almonds with soft shell like the Mollar de Tarragona and Fitas from Ibiza. The most important hard shell commercial varieties are Marcona, Planeta, Llargueta, Rumbeta, Doble Fina and Desmayo and Comunas o Valencias. Some new varieties obtained in Spanish improvement programs have also spread, highlighting Masboveraand Guara.
In California, the greater production is soft shell almonds. Some varieties, from the oldest to the most recent ones are Nonpareil, IXL, Ne plus ultra, Texas, Davey, Tardy Nonpareil, Thompson, Ballico, Merced, Ruby, Carmel, Butte, Price, etc. Some of them are the result of crosses between them, that is to say, they are hybrids.
COMPOSITION
NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITION OF ALMONDS
| Calorific content (kcal) | 576.0 | ||
| Proteins (g) | 19.0 | ||
| Carbohydrates (g) | 4.8 | ||
| Fibre (g) | 15.0 | ||
| Total fat content (g) | 53.5 | ||
| Fatty acids | saturates (g) | 4.2 | |
| unsaturates | monounsaturates (g) | 36.6 | |
| polyunsaturates (g) | 10.0 | ||
| Cholesterol (mg) | 0 | ||
| Vitamin E (mg)* | 26.18 | ||
| Calcium (mg)* | 248.0 | ||
| Phytosterols (mg)* | 120.0 | ||
Values in % of weight (g/100 g of foodstuff).
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