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General Information
NameBrazil nut
Scientific NameBertholletia excelsa
DescriptionThe Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa) is a South American tree in the family Lecythidaceae, and also the name of the tree's commercially harvested edible seed.
Primary IDFOOD00024
Picture24
Classification
GroupNuts
Sub-GroupNuts
Taxonomy
SuperkingdomEukaryota
KingdomViridiplantae
PhylumStreptophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderEricales
FamilyLecythidaceae
GenusBertholletia
Speciesexcelsa
VarietyNot Available
ITIS ID21989
Wikipedia IDBrazil nut
Composition
Compounds
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CompoundStructureContent Range AverageReference
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Macronutrients
MacronutrientContent Range AverageReference
Ash3.433 - 3700.000 mg/100 g1851.717 mg/100 gUSDA, DTU
Carbohydrate8500.000 - 13800.000 mg/100 g11150.000 mg/100 gDTU
Fat65000.000 - 65000.000 mg/100 g65000.000 mg/100 gDTU
Fatty acids15200.000 - 26700.000 mg/100 g20566.667 mg/100 gDTU
Fiber (dietary)0.000 - 5300.000 mg/100 g2650.000 mg/100 gDTU
Proteins15000.000 - 15000.000 mg/100 g15000.000 mg/100 gDTU
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References
Content Reference— Duke, James. 'Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases. United States Department of Agriculture.' Agricultural Research Service, Accessed April 27 (2004).
— Saxholt, E., et al. 'Danish food composition databank, revision 7.' Department of Nutrition, National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark (2008).
— U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. 2008. USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 21. Nutrient Data Laboratory Home Page.
— Rothwell JA, Pérez-Jiménez J, Neveu V, Medina-Ramon A, M'Hiri N, Garcia Lobato P, Manach C, Knox K, Eisner R, Wishart D, Scalbert A. (2013) Phenol-Explorer 3.0: a major update of the Phenol-Explorer database to incorporate data on the effects of food processing on polyphenol content. Database, 10.1093/database/bat070.