Nuts
Butter
Paradise-nut butter is ground Lecythis kernel, a creamy rare Amazonian spread when someone bothers to shell and grind these forest seeds. Flavour is rich and Brazil-nut-adjacent without being the same commodity. A good butter is clean and freshly ground. A bad butter is oxidised. Spread thinly; scarcity forbids casual scooping. Keep cold. Label as tree nut.
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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 54.6 g
- Saturated Fat 6.93 g
- Trans Fat 0 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 29.4 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 14.2 g
- Cholesterol 0 mg
- Sodium 5.09 mg
- Salt 0.01 g
- Total Carbohydrate 17.3 g
- Dietary Fibre 7.97 g
- Total Sugars 3.77 g
- Complex / starch 5.29 g
- Protein 18.1 g
- Water 4.19 g
- Energy 630 kcal
- Water 4.19 g
- Carbohydrates 17.3 g
- Protein 18.1 g
- Fat 54.6 g
- Saturated Fat 6.93 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 29.4 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 14.2 g
- Omega-3 1.42 g
- Vitamins 93 mg
- Vitamin A 15 µg
- Vitamin B1 — Thiamine 0.24 mg
- Vitamin B2 — Riboflavin 0.18 mg
- Vitamin B3 — Niacin 2.31 mg
- Vitamin B5 — Pantothenic Acid 0.57 mg
- Vitamin B6 0.17 mg
- Vitamin B7 — Biotin 16.9 µg
- Vitamin B9 — Folate 44.7 µg
- Vitamin C 2 mg
- Vitamin E 5.5 mg
- Vitamin K 5.4 µg
- Minerals 329 mg
- Major Minerals 327 mg
- Trace Minerals 1.5 mg
- Iron 1.5 mg
- Salt 0.01 g
Vitamins
vitamin-c: 2 · vitamin-a: 15 · vitamin-b1-thiamine: 0.24 · vitamin-b2-riboflavin: 0.18 · vitamin-b3-niacin: 2.31 · vitamin-b5-pantothenic-acid: 0.57 · vitamin-b6: 0.17 · vitamin-b7-biotin: 16.9 · vitamin-b9-folate: 44.7 · vitamin-e: 5.5 · vitamin-k: 5.4 ·
Minerals
Butter of Paradise Nut: composition reflects this culinary part relative to the whole ingredient.
History
Specialty makers experimented with paradise-nut butters.
Limited Amazonian projects jarred cream-nut butters.
Paradise-nut butter remained a rarity beside Brazil-nut products.