Cashews are marketed in the shelled, roasted and salted forms for use as a snack and as an ingredient (delicacies, chocolate, etc. Juices, syrups, preserves, wine or liquors are obtained from the stalk or “apple.” However, the main commercial use is the cashew nut itself. Today the principal producing countries of cashews are India, Brazil, Vietnam and Mozambique. The cashew fruit consists of two distinct parts: a fleshy stalk in the form of a pear – also called the cashew apple – with a brilliant yellow or red skin that can measure from 5 to 10 cm and a gray-brown colored nut (the cashew) in the shape of a kidney, which hangs from the lower end of the stalk or “apple.” They have about the same amount of protein, but almonds have three times more fiber, with 1 ounce supplying 12 percent of womens and 8 percent of mens. Later, Portuguese colonists brought cashews to territories in East Africa (Mozambique) and India (Goa), where its cultivation extended to Indonesia and the Philippines. More specifically, a 1-ounce serving of almonds equals about 22 whole kernels and has 170 calories, while the same portion of cashews consists of about 18 nuts and contains 163 calories. It is likely that Spanish sailors first introduced the cashew to Central America in the sixteenth century. Cashews are believed to have originated in the northeast of Brazil, near the Equator. Nutrition Facts Serving Size 1 cup Amount Per Serving Calories 754 Daily Values Total Fat 62.1g 80 Saturated Fat 11.021g 55 Trans Fat - Polyunsaturated Fat 11.11g Monounsaturated Fat 33.7g Cholesterol 0mg 0 Sodium 17mg 1 Total Carbohydrate 38.83g 14 Dietary Fiber 4.3g 15 Sugars 6.
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