ALMONDS

We import directly imported from Spain, from a specially selected grower in the Lerida region that can trace it’s roots back to 1896.  We predominantly import the highest quality organic almonds and can supply blanched, whole, flaked and ground almonds.  We also import some special varieties of conventional almonds such as Largueta and Marcona, native only to Spain.

Throughout history almonds have always been associated with good luck. From Roman times down to present day celebrations, almond are given at weddings as a symbol of fertility and happiness. It is claimed that Marzipan, a paste made ground of almonds and sugar, was invented in the Middle East to be eaten after the fasting of Ramadan. Others claim it was during a famine in Spain, when the nuns of a rich community in Toledo ground up vast amounts of almonds they had stored away to feed the needy.
Almonds are the nuts most used in Middle Eastern and Chinese cuisines, toasted, whole or slivered over fish, chicken, vegetables and rice dishes as well as in confections and pastries from all over the world.

Almonds are high in vitamin E and calcium. 20% of the almond is protein and it’s fats are polyunsaturated containing high amounts of linoleic acid. They are rich in iron, magnesium, phosphorus and zinc.

 

 

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