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Sometimes pecannuts will be confused with walnuts, which is not very strange because they are quiet similar, however the taste of pecan is more sweet.
The harvest will take place during october on a yearly basis. The United States of America is the main exporter of pecan nuts and a much smaller exporter is Mexico. In addition, there are currently some emerging countries in Africa who also started planting pecan trees. Nuts World tries to buy pecan nuts from developing countries in Africa as much as possible, however since the quantity is still limited we currently buy also from USA and Mexico.
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. Pecannuts will be used more and more in bars, cakes and pies and besides consumers buy them often as well in snack mixes.
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| Energy in kJ | 2592 kJ | Vitamin E | 4,8 mg |
| Energy in kcal | 626 kcal | Carbohydrates | 10,8 g |
| Saturated fat | 5,6 g | Sodium | 0,010 g |
| Monounsaturated fat | 27,3 g | Calcium | 131 mg |
| Polyunsaturated fat | 13,1 g | Phosphor | 598 mg |
| Fiber | 9,5 g | Iron | 4,3 mg |
| Protein | 24 g | Iodine | 2 µg |
| Vitamin B1 | 0,64 mg | Potassium | 1027 mg |
| Vitamin B2 | 0,15 mg | Copper | 1,00 mg |
| Vitamin B6 | 1,168 mg | Magnesium | 136 mg |
| Vitamin C | 0 mg | Selenium | 20 µg |
| Vitamin D | 0 µg | Zinc | 2,90 mg |
