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Nutritional quality of almond, canarium, cashew and pistachio and their oil photooxidative stability
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Nutritional quality of almond, canarium, cashew and pistachio and their oil photooxidative stability

Shahla Hosseini Bai, Peter R Brooks, Repson Gama, Tio Nevenimo, Godfrey Hannet, Dalsie Hannet, Bruce Randall, David Walton, Elektra L Grant and Helen M Wallace
Journal of Food Science and Technology, Vol.56(2), pp.792-798
2019
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s13197-018-3539-6View
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Daily consumption of nuts is recommended as a part of a healthy diet as they contain protein and are rich inbeneficial fatty acids and essential nutrients. The nutritional qualities of nuts are affected by their fatty acid composition and other factors such as maturity. Oil oxidative stability is important to determine nut nutritional quality in terms of fatty acid composition over storage. Therefore, this study aimed to (a) assess the nutritionalquality (photooxidative stability and nutrient composition) of almond, cashew, pistachio and canarium (a newlycommercialised indigenous nut); and (b) explore differences in nutrient concentrations between immature and mature canarium nuts. A decrease in polyunsaturated fatsafter photooxidation in almond and pistachio was observed. Canarium oil did not change following photooxidation suggesting canarium may display a long shelf life whenstored appropriately. Our study indicated that almond provided over 50% of the recommended daily intake for manganese whereas canarium intake provided 50% of the recommended daily intake for iron (for males). Pistachio was richer in potassium compared with other nuts and canarium was richer in boron, iron and zinc than other nut species. Mature canarium kernels were richer in boron, iron and zinc but contained less potassium than immature canarium. Therefore, the current study recommended to store kernels in dark to decrease oil photooxidation, and maturity of canarium kernels at the harvest time was important affecting nutrient concentrations of kernels.

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