Coli scientist, why are cashews so expensive?

[Scuti]

Because they’re the best tasting nut in raw form

 

[chkmeout]

Water

 

[Let A Fro Be A Fro]

Screenshot makes me reach for lotion. Is this PG?

So seeing nut in a fruit makes you want to reach for lotion

 

[904]

pistachios if I remember are only grown in 2 or 3 parts of the world and they take extremely long..

Like 20 years long

 

[ORDER_66]

I'm not a cashew kinda guy... honey roasted peanuts...tho...

 

[Slaimon Khan Shah]

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[Family Lives Matter]

The fukk does this have to do with science

 

[P90]

Macadamia nuts also pretty expensive

 

[SATAN]

There's a huge business opportunity in west africa for cashews. Whoever takes advantage of it can make millions.

Hopefully West Africa

 

[Gwoppo]

pistachios if I remember are only grown in 2 or 3 parts of the world and they take extremely long..

Like 20 years long

20 years??? This can't be true

Edit: 2-5 years. Still a long ass time.

 

[904]

20 years??? This can't be true

Edit: 2-5 years. Still a long ass time.

Just looked it up, it's the trees that take 20 years to be able to grow the pistachios... My bad

"To begin with, pistachio trees reach full-bearing about 15-20 years after being planted. The most a pistachio tree can produce in a year is about 50 pounds (for perspective, brazil nut trees produce up to 250 pounds of nuts a year), and they only produce that peak weight every other year. Pistachios are also sorted by hand, not machines. To limit things more, pistachio trees require cool winters and hot summers of long duration. This means that there are only three major commercial areas in the world where the trees can grow: Iran, Turkey, and California."

 

[Caca-faat]

The nut we eat is only a small part of the cashew fruit, the cashew fruit is a much larger part of the whole that probably takes more of the nutrients of the whole product. The fruit is not marketed in the west and a lot of the actual product goes to waste, you're paying for a part that you didnt even know existed. I also imagine the high fat content also gives it a shorter shelf life from tree to shelf, and because the nut is on the larger side it is prone to breakage which would mean only the whole nut can be sold as premium product the broken bits are sold as toppings or used to make cashew milk or butter.

I believe the fruit can also be eaten or used to make wine

 

[YoungbloodThe3rd]

Transportation and Uh... fukking uh... Processing costs. The Buck is passed on to the customers. Pistachios are in this category too.

 

[King Khufu]

You're nuts!

 

[Devilinurear]

I need one of yall to explain to me why I have to pay 7.99 a lb for cashews

Pay 7.99 to eat nuts.