Almonds are mainly used in the bakery industry, however you will also find them in several snack mixes. Nowadays also the ice cream industry are using almonds.

The Brazilnuts has a shape of a banana and are clustered in a capsule. The size of the capsule is around 10 cm to 15 cm. You can compare this capsule with a coconut.

You will find cashewnuts everywhere. Cashews will be used in mixes frequently, roasted as well as unroasted. However they will be used more and more as ingredient in the bakery industry for instance.

Another similarity hazelnuts and almonds have is that they will be both used in the bakery industry. Those nuts will be used more frequently than other nuts.

Macadamia are used in all kind of industries and products. You can find these nuts in nutmixes, roasted as well as unroasted.

In a lot of European countries the pecan nut is on the rise. As mentioned before, the pecan nut has always been seen as a type of walnuts, however since consumers are more conscious they also found the healthy aspects of the pecannut.

Pistachios in shell will be consumed as a snack. The nuts in shell will be roasted and can be treated with salt. Raw pistachio’s won’t be consumed oftenly.

When the nuts are falling of the tree it will be collected by hand or machine. The nuts will be cracked manually or by machine.