Azure Market Cashews, Raw, Large White Pieces
These large pieces are mostly halves and quarters. Light colored. Technically speaking, the cashew nut is not really a nut, but a thick shelled seed. Inside the shell layer is a toxic resin. If any of the resin gets on the nut, the nut becomes inedible. Thus, the shell must be opened properly. To do this, many companies steam the shell, which in turn cooks the nut inside. This is how most cashews are produced. *Why, then, are cashews are labeled as "raw"? Ans: Because the cashews haven’t been roasted. Non-GMO Kosher Country of Origin(s): Vietnam, India, Indonesia, Brazil, Kenya, Tanzania All raw nuts sold by Azure are considered to be bulk ingredients that will be subject to further processing and/or packaging. Ingredients that are processed and non-processed (raw) are not intended for consumption until the customer has conducted a thorough hazard analysis. Based on a hazard analysis there are the potential biological hazards of spore-forming and non-spore-forming pathogens, such a