Varieties Available

• Whole raw hazelnuts
• Whole roasted (no salt) hazelnuts
• Whole roasted salted hazelnuts

Health benefits of hazelnuts

• Hazelnuts are very high in energy and loaded with numerous health-benefiting nutrients that are essential for optimum health. 100 g nuts carry 628 calories. They are rich in mono-unsaturated fatty acids like oleic as well as essential fatty acid, linoleic acid that helps lower LDL or bad cholesterol and rise HDL or good cholesterol.
• Hazelnuts are rich in dietary fiber, vitamins, and minerals and packed with numerous health promoting phyto-chemicals. Phyto-chemicals help protect from diseases and cancers.
• Hazelnuts are exceptionally rich in folate, which is a unique feature for the nuts. 100 g fresh nuts carry 113 µg; that is, about 28% recommended daily intake of this vitamin. Folate is an important B-complex vitamin that helps prevent megaloblastic anemia, and most importantly, neural tube defects in newborns.
• Hazelnuts are an excellent source of vitamin E; contain about 15 g per 100 g (providing 100% of RDA). Vitamin E is a powerful lipid soluble antioxidant required for maintaining the integrity of cell membrane of mucusa and skin by protecting it from harmful oxygen-free radicals.
• Besides being rich in folates, hazelnuts are packed with many other important B-complex groups of vitamins such as riboflavin, niacin, thiamin, pantothenic acid, and pyridoxine (vitamin B-6).
• Hazelnuts are a rich source of minerals like manganese, potassium, calcium, copper, iron, magnesium, zinc, and selenium. Copper and manganese are essential co-factors for anti-oxidant enzyme, superoxide dismutase. Iron helps prevent microcytic-anemia. Magnesium and phosphorus are important components of bone metabolism.

Storage

Store under refrigeration for up to 6 months. This item can be frozen.

Nutritional information sources: nutrition-and-you.com, USDA National Nutrient data base