Nut, brazil, raw or blanched

Long, three sided creamy coloured nut with a dark brown skin, enclosed in a 3 sided, tough, dull brown-grey shell. Generally sold without the shell and are usually imported into Australia from South America.

The majority of nutrients including proximates, minerals, vitamins and fatty acids were derived from a composite of 6 samples (2x Lucky, 2x Sanitarium Health Foods and 2x unbranded) of natural brazil nuts purchased from supermarkets in SA in 1989 (AGAL, 1990). Moisture, iodine and vitamins (alpha, beta, gamma and delta tocopherol and alpha & beta tocotrienols) were derived from a composite of 8 samples (3x Naytura, 2x Mellow Yellow, 1x Meriram, 1x Lucky and 1x Sanitarium) of raw blanched Brazil nuts purchased in Melbourne in 2000 (ANZFA Food Comp. Project, 2000). Cholesterol and retinol were imputed zero. Folate was borrowed from the USDA, record 12078.