Cashew Nuts

Our raw cashews are ready to supercharge your day as a standalone snack! Cashews have a mild nutty taste that is delicious all on its own, or atop salads and Asian-inspired rice dishes and curries. Blend cashews with a zip of pressed oil to create a homemade raw cashew butter.

The seeds of most fruits grow within the flesh, but the cashew seed hangs from the bottom of a cashew apple, essentially a swollen stem. A hard shell with two layers encases the kidney-shaped cashew seed, which must be harvested by hand. Between these two layers lurks the phenolic resin urushiol, which is the same substance that causes the blistering rash seen after contact with poison ivy and poison oak. The shelling process removes this substance, which is then used in the making of such products as varnish, insecticide, paint, and other industrial products. Because of the potential toxicity, cashews are never sold in the shell.