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Macadamia nuts are known as the “Queen of nuts,” a famous superfood worldwide. With their delicious flavor and rich nutrient content, macadamia nuts have quickly become a healthy snack for Vietnamese people, many of whom incorporate them into a scientific diet to maintain a healthy body both physically and mentally.
What are macadamia nuts?
Macadamia nuts (phonetically translated into Vietnamese as Mac ca) are the seeds of the Macadamia tree – a type of woody plant belonging to the Proteaceae family, originating from Australia.
The first industrial macadamia farms were planted in New South Wales, Australia, since the early 1880s. Later, this type of tree continued to be propagated and widely developed in Hawaii (USA) from the 1920s in the form of commercial production.
If you ask what macadamia nuts are, in addition to answering based on their origin, this food can also be defined by its distinctive shape. Specifically, macadamia nuts are a type of nut with a hard brown shell on the outside; after removing this shell, the kernel appears, measuring about 3cm, with a sweet, creamy taste, and seemingly no smell.
Due to their high nutritional content, the conditions for cultivation and harvesting are relatively complex, so the price of macadamia nuts is quite high compared to the general income of Vietnamese people.
Macadamia nut nutritional value
Understanding the concept of what macadamia nuts are will help you grasp the basic reasons why this food is popular and is included in the list of recommended nuts. However, to have a more comprehensive and in-depth view of the benefits of using macadamia nuts.
The nutritional value in 100g of macadamia nuts shows that this type of nut contains almost all the essential nutrient groups beneficial for health. These include:
- Protein group: 8g Protein.
- Carbohydrate group: 14g Carbohydrates, 9g Fiber, 4.6g Sugars.
- Fat group: 12g Saturated fat, 1.5g Polyunsaturated fat, 59g Monounsaturated fatty acids, 76g Lipid.
- Vitamins and minerals group: Vitamins (0.3mg Vitamin B6, 1.2mg Vitamin C) and other essential minerals (368mg Potassium,
- 130mg Magnesium, 85mg Calcium, 5mg Sodium, 3.7mg Iron).
In addition to the important nutrients mentioned above, macadamia nuts also provide abundant energy (718 kcal Calories/100g of nuts) and do not contain harmful Cholesterol, making them a reasonable addition to the diet of those who are dieting or those who are preventing or treating certain diseases.
Vietnamese Macadamia Nuts
Vietnamese Macadamia nuts have been cultivated since 1994, mainly in the Central Highlands due to suitable soil and climate. Typically, the price of domestic nuts is lower than that of imported ones, but the quality is by no means inferior.
Macadamia nut benefits
The benefits of macadamia nuts for health are very positive, especially when used for children and pregnant women, or for those suffering from chronic diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular issues.
Due to their high content of essential nutrients and delicious flavor, macadamia nuts are commonly used for food purposes (90%), including eating raw and as an ingredient in healthy snacks and desserts.
The price of macadamia nuts
Not only macadamia, but almost all types of nutritious nuts in Vietnam have relatively large price differences at various sales points. This can be explained by several factors:
- The supply of macadamia nuts is diverse, especially imported goods, with prices varying from place to place, leading to some sellers pricing higher and others lower, as their purchase prices were higher than others at the time of import.
- Some suppliers of macadamia nuts artificially inflate prices and exaggerate their benefits, causing the price of macadamia nuts to spike for a while. However, this issue is being well controlled, and the selling price of macadamia nuts has gradually stabilized according to the general market mechanism.
Returning to the current price of macadamia nuts, there are three important criteria you need to consider when purchasing, including: Origin (growing region), quality of the nuts (size, shriveled, worm-eaten…), finished product (shelled, cracked, whole shell), supplier…
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