-Carb white Brazil nut flour 750g

Many years ago we got to know Brazil nut (or as it is called in the rest of the world: Brazil nut) flour for the first time at a trade fair. It's totally similar to almond flour, but without the marzipan note that white almond flour sometimes has. The only problem was that we couldn't find any suppliers after unfortunately lost contact with the exhibitor.

Through a consultation in our Chamber of Industry and Commerce last fall, we met an employee of GEZ (Society for Technical Cooperation) who oversees a project in Peru that supports a local cooperative of Brazil nut farmers in the production of high-quality oil.

Bingo! The long-sought supplier was finally here

We quickly agreed and on February 23rd, 2021 the container with our first Brazil nut flour arrived. Externally, it cannot be distinguished from white almond flour and has a wonderfully subtle nutty taste. Best of all, it's cheaper than white almond flour and likely to be available in sufficient quantities.

Tip: Bread dough with Parauss flour turns out better if you mix several flours together. For example, if you want to replace 100g of almond flour with Brazil nut flour in a recipe, we would recommend mixing 70g of Brazil nut flour and 30g of golden flaxseed or chia flour.

Brazil nuts contain large amounts of selenium. This is good in the selenium deficiency area of ​​Europe. But the recommended dose for an adult is 400mcg/day. However, the selenium content of Brazil nuts varies greatly. To be sure not to exceed this, as a rule of thumb it is recommended not to eat more than 20g of Brazil nuts (4 nuts).

Peruvian nuts contain less selenium than those from the Amazon and for the blanched flour, the particularly high selenium layer is removed directly under the shell.

We recommend that if you bake a cake with 150g of Brazil nut flour, you should not consume more than 2 pieces per day.

Toxic doses of selenium are many mg and cannot be reached through normal consumption of our flour

See also:

https://honey-guide.com/2012/11/19/brazil-nuts-and-selenium/ (english)

https://suppversity.blogspot.com/2013/07/brazil-nuts-selenium-are-you-nuts-if.html

Country of origin: Peru

>The residual moisture is < 10%, the grain size < 100 mesh (average grain size 0.1 mm)

Storage: Dry at 15-25°C