Melrose 100% Cashew Spread
The Cashew tree is indigenous to the West Indies,
Central America, Peru and Brazil. The Portuguese transplanted it to the East
Indies as early as the 16th century, and it was later established on the eastern
coast of Africa. Today, the leading cashew producing countries are India,
Brazil, Nigeria and Mozambique.
The cashew tree grows up to 15 metres in height
and has a thick and tortuous trunk and branches so winding that they frequently
reach the ground. The cashew tree produces many resources and products.
Melrose 100% Cashew Spread
The bark and leaves of the tree are used
medicinally, the cashew nut has international appeal and market value as a food,
and even the shell around the nut is used medicinally and has industrial
applications in the plastics and resin industries for its phenol content.
The cashew nut grows in its own kidney shaped
hard shell as the end of a pseudo-fruit or "cashew fruit or apple". The nut
kernel inside is covered with an inner shell and between the two shells is a
thick caustic toxic oil called "cardol" which will raise blisters on the skin.
Cashew nuts must be cleaned to remove the cardol and then roasted to remove
toxins before they can be eaten.
Melrose nut spreads are made from 100% lightly
roasted nuts.
Unlike most peanut butters the natural oils in
Melrose nut spreads are not subjected to hydrogenation. In normal spreads this
hydrogenation turns liquid oils into solids so that they will not separate out.
However hydrogenation also produces trans fatty acids and these have negative
health effects.
- Melrose nut spreads contain only natural oils.
- Melrose Nut spreads contain no hydrogenated Oils.
- Melrose nut spreads contain no trans fats.
When using Melrose 100% Cashew Spread , simply stir in
the natural oils. Do not pour off the oil as this will leave you with a dry
spread.
