€ 4,60
Hazelnuts are mechanically shelled and then selected both mechanically and manually. Then, they are toasted, peeled and selected once more.
Country of Origin: Italy, Campania (the major hazelnut producer in Italy) and Avellino, famous for the variety Mortarella.
Harvest season: Septemberan
Hazelnut trees have always been considered magic trees by farmers: the bush was the shelter of fairies, a plentiful harvest was a sign of the familiy fertiliy, whereas a branch of hazelnut tree was the diviner’s wand. The emblem of God Esculapio – today protector of chemists – is a branch of hazelnut tree with two coiling snakes.
Hazelnuts are the second-best provider of vitamin E, after almonds. Vitamin E (an anti-oxidant) helps prevent some types of cancer, such as baldder cancer. Hazelnuts are a good source of potassium, phosphorous and calcium. They contain manganese, an anti-oxidant enzyme created by mitochondria in cells, which protects cells from cancer.
Nutritional values per 100g
(Values per 100g of edible product)
| Valore energetico in KJ/ Energy | 2814 |
| Valore energetico Kcal/ Energy | 670 |
| Grassi/ Fat g. | 64,10 |
| di cui acidi grassi saturi/ of which saturates g. | 4,16 |
| Carboidrati/ Carbohydrates g. | 9,0 |
| di cui zuccheri/ of which sugars g. | 4,89 |
| Fibre/Fibers g. | 8,10 |
| Proteine/ Protein g. | 14,95 |
| Sale/ Salt g. | 27,5 |
