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The Almond is a very attractive and healthy nut. It can be used for many different applications. Almonds are for instance very popular as a snack (just roasted and salted, smokehouse or in a mix with other nuts and seeds) but are also being used in the different industries like the bakery industry and the ice cream and confectionary industry.

Hazelnuts are mainly used for industrial purposes. They grow in Turkey and are competitors of the Almonds for industrial use. They are used mostly in mixes with other nuts and dried fruits but also in huge quantities in the industries.

The main growing area historically is Iran, but the pistachio was brought to the US by Iranian people and widely cultivated. Besides these two main areas the product can also be found in Turkey and South Africa.All origins harvest takes place around September.Iranian Pistachios:Round Pistachio (Fandoghi) Available in sizes 26-28, 28-30, 30-32Long Pistachio (Akbari) Available in sizes 20-22, 22-24Long Pistachio (Ahmad aghaee) Available in sizes 22-24, 24-26Long Pistachio (Badami) Available in sizes 24-26, 26-28, 28-30Jumbo Pistachio (Kale ghuchi) Available in sizes 18-20, 20-22, 22-24, 24-26Natural Pistachio kernel (red and cream colour)Green kernel PistachioRoasted and Salted PistachioRoasted and Unsalted PistachioUS PistachiosU.S. Fancy, U.S. No. 1, U.S. No. 2 and U.S. No. 3;Extra Large: 20 or less nuts per ounce;Large: 21 to 25;Medium: 26 to 30;Small: 31 or more.

Raisins are healthy and have many applications and can be used in a lot of different food products. To name some: In a mix with nuts and other dried fruits. In chocolate products. In cereals. Interesting to know is that raisins are dried grapes and in some years the heavy demand of fresh table grapes or grapes to be used by the wineries cause a shortage in the field, causing a limited supply of raisins in the end. USA (California), the Mediterranean areas (mainly Turkey), Iran , Chile and Australia.

Walnuts are grown in many different countries all around the world and even in our small country of Holland you can find walnut trees. It is a very nice nut which can be used in many different recipes. It is used in the different industries as well as in mixed nuts and dried fruits as a snack product. The most important growing areas are California (USA), India and China. Beside these main origins, France, Moldavia, Kyrgyzstan and Chile are processors of Walnut kernels. The quality of these various origin differ but each origin finds an application and is being bought for specific purposes.