Nuts
Meal
Brazil nut meal is a coarse, flecked grind that gives cookies and coatings creamy tropical crunch. Extra oil and skin make it fuller than fine flour and quicker to stale—freeze bags. Toast lightly to bloom aroma before doughs. Choose meal for texture, flour for smoother crumb. Selenium moderation still applies in daily baking. Paint-smelling meal is refuse. Tree-nut allergen.
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Nutrition
Typical values per 100 g edible portion. Nutrient names open the reference page.
Nutrition Facts
Per 100 g edible portion
Amount per 100 g
- Total Fat 52.1 g
- Saturated Fat 6.59 g
- Trans Fat 0 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 28.6 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 13.2 g
- Cholesterol 0 mg
- Sodium 5.28 mg
- Salt 0.01 g
- Total Carbohydrate 17.9 g
- Dietary Fibre 5.33 g
- Total Sugars 4.02 g
- Complex / starch 5.47 g
- Protein 17.3 g
- Water 3.67 g
- Energy 632 kcal
- Water 3.67 g
- Carbohydrates 17.9 g
- Protein 17.3 g
- Fat 52.1 g
- Saturated Fat 6.59 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 28.6 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 13.2 g
- Omega-3 1.32 g
- Vitamins 75.2 mg
- Vitamin A 15 µg
- Vitamin B1 — Thiamine 0.18 mg
- Vitamin B2 — Riboflavin 0.14 mg
- Vitamin B3 — Niacin 1.79 mg
- Vitamin B5 — Pantothenic Acid 0.44 mg
- Vitamin B6 0.13 mg
- Vitamin B7 — Biotin 13 µg
- Vitamin B9 — Folate 34.2 µg
- Vitamin C 2 mg
- Vitamin E 4.18 mg
- Vitamin K 4.1 µg
- Minerals 299 mg
- Major Minerals 297 mg
- Trace Minerals 1.5 mg
- Iron 1.5 mg
- Salt 0.01 g
Vitamins
vitamin-c: 2 · vitamin-a: 15 · vitamin-b1-thiamine: 0.18 · vitamin-b2-riboflavin: 0.14 · vitamin-b3-niacin: 1.79 · vitamin-b5-pantothenic-acid: 0.44 · vitamin-b6: 0.13 · vitamin-b7-biotin: 13 · vitamin-b9-folate: 34.2 · vitamin-e: 4.18 · vitamin-k: 4.1 ·
Minerals
Flour is milled endosperm-dominant carbohydrate unless wholemeal retains bran.
History
Ground Brazil-nut butters and pastes entered natural-food markets with other seed butters.
Dairy-free cheese makers favoured Brazil-nut pastes for creamy body.