Vegan - Vegetarian RecipesCashews - Ingredients Descriptions and Photos
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Ingredients Descriptions and Photos
Cashews

Cashews
(Cashews) The cashew tree is relatively small, usually not growing over twenty to thirty feet in height.  One nut grows on the end of a pear-shaped "apple".  The nut is then roasted in its shell to release a toxic substance.  It is then cracked open and the kernel (edible portion) removed and marketed.  See nutritional chart below.

Nuts, cashew nuts, dry roasted, without salt added

Scientific Name: Anacardium occidentale

NDB No: 12085

Nutrient Units Value per
100 grams of
edible portion 		Sample
Count 		Std.
Error 		1 cup, halves and whole
-------
137.0 g 		1 oz
-------
28.350 g
Proximates
Water
g
1.70
2
 
2.329
0.482
Energy
kcal
574
0
 
786.380
162.729
Energy
kj
2402
0
 
3290.740
680.967
Protein
g
15.31
2
 
20.975
4.340
Total lipid (fat)
g
46.35
2
 
63.499
13.140
Carbohydrate, by difference
g
32.69
0
 
44.785
9.268
Fiber, total dietary
g
3.0
0
 
4.110
0.851
Ash
g
3.95
2
 
5.412
1.120
Minerals
Calcium, Ca
mg
45
1
 
61.650
12.758
Iron, Fe
mg
6.00
1
 
8.220
1.701
Magnesium, Mg
mg
260
1
 
356.200
73.710
Phosphorus, P
mg
490
1
 
671.300
138.915
Potassium, K
mg
565
2
 
774.050
160.178
Sodium, Na
mg
16
0
 
21.920
4.536
Zinc, Zn
mg
5.60
1
 
7.672
1.588
Copper, Cu
mg
2.220
0
 
3.041
0.629
Manganese, Mn
mg
0.826
0
 
1.132
0.234
Selenium, Se
mcg
11.7
0
 
16.029
3.317
Vitamins
Vitamin C, total ascorbic acid
mg
0.0
0
 
0.000
0.000
Thiamin
mg
0.200
1
 
0.274
0.057
Riboflavin
mg
0.200
1
 
0.274
0.057
Niacin
mg
1.400
1
 
1.918
0.397
Pantothenic acid
mg
1.217
0
 
1.667
0.345
Vitamin B-6
mg
0.256
0
 
0.351
0.073
Folate, total
mcg
69
0
 
94.530
19.562
Folic acid
mcg
0
0
 
0.000
0.000
Folate, food
mcg
69
0
 
94.530
19.562
Folate, DFE
mcg_DFE
69
0
 
94.530
19.562
Vitamin B-12
mcg
0.00
0
 
0.000
0.000
Vitamin A, IU
IU
0
0
 
0.000
0.000
Vitamin A, RE
mcg_RE
0
0
 
0.000
0.000
Vitamin E
mg_ATE
0.570
0
 
0.781
0.162
Lipids
Fatty acids, total saturated
g
9.157
0
 
12.545
2.596
4:0
g
0.000
0
 
0.000
0.000
6:0
g
0.000
0
 
0.000
0.000
8:0
g
0.132
1
 
0.181
0.037
10:0
g
0.132
1
 
0.181
0.037
12:0
g
0.784
2
 
1.074
0.222
14:0
g
0.347
3
 
0.475
0.098
16:0
g
4.351
20
 
5.961
1.234
18:0
g
2.972
20
 
4.072
0.843
Fatty acids, total monounsaturated
g
27.317
0
 
37.424
7.744
16:1 undifferentiated
g
0.318
13
 
0.436
0.090
18:1 undifferentiated
g
26.808
21
 
36.727
7.600
20:1
g
0.139
4
 
0.190
0.039
22:1 undifferentiated
g
0.000
0
 
0.000
0.000
Fatty acids, total polyunsaturated
g
7.836
0
 
10.735
2.222
18:2 undifferentiated
g
7.660
22
 
10.494
2.172
18:3 undifferentiated
g
0.161
8
 
0.221
0.046
18:4
g
0.000
0
 
0.000
0.000
20:4 undifferentiated
g
0.000
0
 
0.000
0.000
20:5 n-3
g
0.000
0
 
0.000
0.000
22:5 n-3
g
0.000
0
 
0.000
0.000
22:6 n-3
g
0.000
0
 
0.000
0.000
Cholesterol
mg
0
0
 
0.000
0.000
Phytosterols
mg
158
0
 
216.460
44.793
Amino acids
Tryptophan
g
0.237
5
 
0.325
0.067
Threonine
g
0.592
10
 
0.811
0.168
Isoleucine
g
0.731
9
 
1.001
0.207
Leucine
g
1.285
10
 
1.760
0.364
Lysine
g
0.817
10
 
1.119
0.232
Methionine
g
0.274
10
 
0.375
0.078
Cystine
g
0.283
10
 
0.388
0.080
Phenylalanine
g
0.791
10
 
1.084
0.224
Tyrosine
g
0.491
10
 
0.673
0.139
Valine
g
1.040
10
 
1.425
0.295
Arginine
g
1.741
10
 
2.385
0.494
Histidine
g
0.399
10
 
0.547
0.113
Alanine
g
0.702
10
 
0.962
0.199
Aspartic acid
g
1.505
10
 
2.062
0.427
Glutamic acid
g
3.624
10
 
4.965
1.027
Glycine
g
0.803
10
 
1.100
0.228
Proline
g
0.690
10
 
0.945
0.196
Serine
g
0.849
10
 
1.163
0.241

USDA Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 14 (July 2001)

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