Iranian pistachio kernel feeds both your heart and soul.
Tired of shelling all those delicious pistachios?
Some Iranian-Pistachio will not split their shells after harvesting and are mechanically shelled. After the shelling, the pistachio kernel is also exported.
Taher Agroindustrial Group offers you raw Persian pistachio shelled in balk, unsalted and unroasted, ready to use for different purposes.
Our standard codes of hygienic practice for pistachio-shelled nuts
We provide basic hygienic requirements for orchards, farm processing (shelling and hulling), and commercial shelling operations. Prevention and control measures can allow us compliance with our standard for shelled pistachio nuts. It covers:
- Environmental sanitation in growing sites and food production areas
- Sanitary harvesting
- Transportation
- Plant facilities and production requirements, in particular, kernel handling
- Inspection
- Sorting
- Preparation, processing, and storage
Get to know the quality of no Shell Pistachios with these characters.
- Uniform in size, well dried, and having special color characteristics
- Free from parasites, microorganisms, and substances originating from microorganisms
- Practically free from mold and foreign rancid odor and taste
- Clean; practically free of any visible foreign matter
- Free of abnormal external moisture
Different kinds of Iranian Pistachio Kernels
- Normal Pistachio Kernel
- Green Peeled Pistachio Kernel (GPPK)
- Kaal Kernel with Skin (raw and early picked)
Provisions concerning the sizing of the shelled pistachios
Sizing of our shelled pistachio is done by the number of kernels per 100g and divided into three sizes: (1)
- Large: <160
- Medium: ≤161-230≥
- Small: ≥ 231
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Pistachio kernel required specifications
According to the Institute of Standards and Industrial Research of Iran, the physical properties of raw shelled pistachios are presented in the following table:
Global shelled pistachio market
Recently, natural kernel shipments have show a fast-growing trend in global markets. In this regard, China with 329 tons was the first largest importer of pistachio without shells in 2018. Furthermore, China exported 994 tons of the kernel of pistachio nuts in the same year (3).
The total European consumption of pistachio kernel was estimated at around 88,000 tonnes in 2018. Of this quantity, around 11,000 tonnes were consumed as kernels (13%). Germany is Europe’s largest and the world’s second-largest importer of https://taher-co.com/Iranian-Pistachio. It is also a re-exporter of imported Iranian-Pistachio. More than one-third of all imported pistachios are re‑exported from Germany to other European markets (4).
Iranian shelled pistachio exports
I.P.A. data show that 14% (1,355 tons) of Iran’s international shipment in 2019/2020 was shelled pistachio. In the 2020 trade year, most destinations for Iran pistachio kernels were Iraq at 213, Germany at 170, India at 162, Syria at 50, Lebanon at 46, Jordan at 39, Russia at 31, and China at 22 tons. However, the Re-export markets of Persian pistachio kernels were U.A.E. and Turkey, with 257 and 164 tons, respectively (2).
Enjoy every day our super-food pistachio kernels in these ways:
1- As an ingredient in the confectionery, bakery, and chocolate industries
2- Suitable for vegans: Raw pistachios can be activated by soaking them in water for 12 hours before slowly dehydrating them at very low heat. Or grind them to make yummy dairy-free nut butter – wonderful for vegans and in raw food recipes.
3- As a snack: naturally gluten-free and non-GMO
4- As pistachio paste: obtained by milling roasted pistachio kernels, whether or not sweetened using for culinary and cosmetic use
5- A perfect addition to home cooking and baking
6- Dairy: kernels are utilized in ice cream, frozen yogurts, gelatos, and sorbets. They maintain a soft crunch and impart a distinctive pistachio flavor and their spectacular green color.
7- Uses to make pistachio oils and butter
Here we provide recommendations for you to store and handle pistachio kernels:
Pistachio kernel and ingredients can be stored for up to one year, but as whit all nuts, we recommend you use them from season to season and store them carefully. Keep cases in cold storage for long periods of storage. Best stored at 0-3ᵒC and 55-70% relative humidity. Keep kernels away from warm areas. Store pistachio kernel away from foods with strong odors (citrus, fish, etc.), as they could absorb odors.
- ISIRI (Institute of Standards and Industrial Research of Iran)
- INC and IPA
- APG (American Pistachio Growers, 2019 world pistachio report)
- CBI (Centre for the Promotion of Imports from developing countries)
Buy all kinds of pistachios
Different types of pistachios are named by different names based on their appearance and type. These types include Ahmed Aghaei pistachio, Akbari pistachio, Fandgi pistachio, Kale Gouchi pistachio, and Jungle pistachio. Pistachio kernels and pistachio slices are used in cooking and baking cakes and sweets because the skin is removed and ready for use. Various pistachio products are made; as an example, we can mention pistachio butter, which, in addition to its special taste, also has extremely high nutritional value. Contact Taher wholesale nuts and dried fruits to buy all kinds of pistachios.
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