Raw Cashew Nuts in Nigeria

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Cashew nuts are enjoying increasing popularity all around the globe. The top three cashew-consuming countries – India, the United States and Germany – are on three different continents. Cashew nuts are consumed in a variety of forms, including as salty or sweet snacks and as ingredients in a wide range of food products. Increasing demand for these products led global cashew production to more than double between 2000 and 2018.

Raw cashew nuts are a significant global commodity, with Africa playing a major role in production and exports. The majority of cashew nuts grown in Africa are exported raw, with India and Vietnam being the primary importers. The global raw cashew market is estimated to reach $10.5 billion by 2031, driven by growing demand for healthier foods and increased use in ready-to-eat products

Raw Cashew Nut is available locally in Nigeria largely from states like Kogi, Ogbomosho and Edo. In Nigeria, due to high demand of cashew nut in the international market, a lot of farmers are currently engaged in cashew nut plantation. What BK Agro International Limited do is that, we source for these products from farmers all over Nigeria and make them available for exportation in large quantity.

Below you will see just a little comprehensive list of the uses of cashew nut locally and abroad

• Cashews are commonly used in Indian, Pakistani, Thai and Chinese cuisines generally in whole form.

• It is also used in powdered form in the preparation of several Indian sweets and desserts.

• Both roasted and raw kernels are used whole for making curries and sweets

• The province of Pampanga has a sweet dessert called turrones de casuy, which is purely cashew marzipan wrapped in white wafers

• Cashew fruit juice and the fruit pulp are used in the production of sweets, juice, alcoholic beverages

• Cashew nuts are used for making plant milk also know as cashew milk.

• Generally Cashew nut seeds are used in snacking and cooking just like all other tree seeds called nuts.