What you need to know about buying pistachio nuts

Toothed pistachio nuts or crushed nuts

This type of nut, in addition to its low price, has an almost favorable quality. The low price of this type of kernel has made it well received by production workshops.

The size of this type of kernel  is approximately 1/4 of a full kernel or a little smaller, and it is approximately the size of a child's tooth, perhaps that is why it is called a toothed kernel.

Due to the increase in the price of pistachio nuts in recent years, many confectionery, cake and ice cream shops prefer to use cheaper nuts. They try to replace whole pistachio nuts with pitted pistachio nuts.

It should be noted that the most important challenge of using this type of kernel is the smallness of the kernel and the presence of bone shells inside the kernel.

Another challenge of this type of kernel is the existence of 5 to 10% of brown wheat kernel inside it.

As the largest supplier of this product in the country, Taher companey  has tried to remove these challenges from the consumers as much as possible, For this purpose, by human power and in completely hygienic conditions, this type of kernel  has been cleaned from bone shell and discolored brown kernel.

Don't miss buying crushed pistachio nuts

Due to the high prices and inflation that has unfortunately affected our country, people's purchasing power has decreased drastically and with reduced purchasing power, many people prefer to avoid buying unnecessary goods as much as possible.

Manufacturers of ice cream, cakes, sweets have realized this very well in the last few years, they have tried to prevent the price of their products from increasing as much as possible so that people will use their products more.

One of the ways to reduce the price of products can be the use of cheaper raw materials.

Broken pistachio nuts are one of the most important options. They have always tried to produce a product at a cheaper price by using broken pistachio kernels (teeth or pistachios) in addition to maintaining the quality of the product.

3 common mistakes when buying crushed pistachio nuts

The first mistake is not paying attention to the characteristics of broken kernel.

Many people think that pistachio nuts are generally a sample. Meanwhile, there are several types of pistachio nuts, each of which has its own characteristics and benefits . Therefore, before buying cheap and broken pistachio nuts, it is better to have a general understanding of the types of broken nuts in order to buy the best type that fulfills your needs.

Here we briefly and practically mention the most important features of pistachio nuts.

Wheat pistachio nuts

This type of nut is very cheap and can be found in abundance in pistachio farming areas. The size of this type of kernel is almost the size of wheat or a little bigger, maybe for this reason it is called wheat kernel.

Many buyers of pistachio nuts mistakenly think that this type of nut is the broken and crushed nut that is the size of wheat, but it should be noted that this type of nut is obtained by breaking unripe pistachios. Therefore, the color of the pistachio nut is brown and its taste is a bit bitter.

Pistachio nut

One of the most important good features of this type of nut is that its color is almost green and its size is almost the size of wheat or a little bigger. Another feature of this type of kernel is its cheap price.

The most important difference with wheat kernels is the color of the kernels, so that the color of wheat kernels is brown, but the color of toothed kernels is green.

Pistachio kernel

Pistachio kernel can be considered the largest pistachio kernel among broken kernels. The color of this type of kernel is almost green and its size is almost half the size of the kernel or a little smaller.

The price of this type of nut is higher than the tooth nut and wheat nut. The most important use of this type of kernel is in cooking and in places where the coarseness and greenness of the kernel is important.

The second mistake when buying crushed pistachio nuts is not paying attention to the quality of the nuts.

As you know, the thin shell on the pistachio nut prevents oxidation of the nut and makes the pistachio nut last longer. But the most important challenge of the broken pistachio nut is that this thin shell is destroyed and the shell of the pistachio nut is in contact with the air. This connection causes the kernel to oxidize earlier and lose its quality.

The third mistake when buying broken kernel is to be free of bone shell

Usually, there is some bone shell and some wheat kernel along with broken kernels. Therefore, make sure that the kernel is clean before buying.

The first point: the broken kernel must be free of bone shell.

Second point: Most sellers of broken pistachio kernel believe that there can be some wheat kernels along with standard broken kernels. So that the amount of wheat kernel, along with cotyledon kernel (5%) and in the tooth kernel, this amount is considered standard up to (10%).