Nuts
Shell
Candlenut shell is the hard coat cracked to reach oily kernels that still must be cooked before eating. It is not food. Fragments left in paste are a dental hazard. Sound dry shells protect kernels from oxygen a little longer in storage, but they do not make raw meats safe to snack. Compost clean shells; do not assume they are food-safe smoking wood. Reject mouldy or insect-bored shells before wasting toast time on bad meats.
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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 2.5 g
- Saturated Fat 0.5 g
- Trans Fat 0 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 1 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 1 g
- Cholesterol 0 mg
- Sodium 4.83 mg
- Salt 0.01 g
- Total Carbohydrate 78 g
- Dietary Fibre 55 g
- Total Sugars 3 g
- Complex / starch 8 g
- Protein 3.5 g
- Water 12 g
- Energy 349 kcal
- Water 12 g
- Carbohydrates 78 g
- Protein 3.5 g
- Fat 2.5 g
- Saturated Fat 0.5 g
- Omega-3 0.08 g
- Vitamins 80.7 mg
- Vitamin A 15 µg
- Vitamin B1 — Thiamine 0.2 mg
- Vitamin B2 — Riboflavin 0.15 mg
- Vitamin B3 — Niacin 1.95 mg
- Vitamin B5 — Pantothenic Acid 0.48 mg
- Vitamin B6 0.14 mg
- Vitamin B7 — Biotin 14.2 µg
- Vitamin B9 — Folate 37.5 µg
- Vitamin C 2 mg
- Vitamin E 4.59 mg
- Vitamin K 4.5 µg
- Minerals 320 mg
- Major Minerals 319 mg
- Trace Minerals 1.5 mg
- Iron 1.5 mg
- Salt 0.01 g
Vitamins
vitamin-c: 2 · vitamin-a: 15 · vitamin-b1-thiamine: 0.2 · vitamin-b2-riboflavin: 0.15 · vitamin-b3-niacin: 1.95 · vitamin-b5-pantothenic-acid: 0.48 · vitamin-b6: 0.14 · vitamin-b7-biotin: 14.2 · vitamin-b9-folate: 37.5 · vitamin-e: 4.59 · vitamin-k: 4.5 ·
Minerals
Shell is largely mineral; edible value is minimal except as calcium source when finely prepared.
History
Austronesian cooks used candlenut as an oily thickener in spice pastes across Island Southeast Asia.
Candlenut (kemiri) became embedded in Indonesian and Malay spice-paste grammar.
Hawaiian kukui held cultural importance as oil and food plant beyond pure cuisine.
Diaspora groceries made candlenuts available to cooks outside the tropics.