Almonds & Walnuts: Shaking Out Quality

Besides providing sensory satisfaction—as indicated by their popularity around the world—nuts also provide high nutritional value. Although peanuts, sunflower seeds, and pumpkin seeds are considered snack nuts, the real nuts are tree nuts: almonds, Brazil nuts, cashews, hazelnuts, macadamia nuts, pecans, pine nuts, pistachios, and walnuts. The United States trails only China in world tree nut production but is the world’s largest exporter of tree nuts. California produces almos…