Cashew Kernel Oil - Features & Nutrient Content

Cashew nuts have a very rich nutrient content, the composition contains a lot of unsaturated fat which is very good for the body with more than 40% fat content, of which more than 80% is unsaturated fat. Also, cashews contain a large amount of Vitamin E (0.9mg/100g cashew nut), which has a very good effect on anti-aging and helps skin and hair stay strong.

With abundant raw materials and rich nutrient content, cashew apples are increasingly being paid more attention. Instead of just harvesting the seeds and then discarding the fruit, which causes a lot of waste in resources, many people are trying to get the most out of this potential fruit. Thus, products like canned cashews, candy, cashew jams or cashew vinegar were made.

Cashew apple is considered as one of the potential raw materials with many applications in a variety of fields, such as medicine, food technology, animal feed, dry alcohol and cashew vinegar. The cashew apple itself is very high in nutritional content and if properly exploited, it will produce many products that are good for human health.

Cashew juice is very high in nutrient content, vitamins, and minerals. Accordingly, vitamins C in cashews are even several times higher than citrus fruits (5 times more than lemon, 6 times more grapefruit, 8 times more tangerine).

Cashew apple is a product of the cashew tree with a possible economic value. Today, in many countries where many cashews are grown (including Vietnam), in addition to the main product, cashew nuts, millions of tons of cashew apples are obtained in the harvest season. 

As known, cashew fruits ripen and are harvested normally at the beginning of the dry season or at the end of the cold season. Because the botanical and morphological characteristics of the cashew tree are not favorable for mechanization, cashews are often harvested mainly by hand, not by machines.