Cashews

It's safe to say that people have been in love with cashew nuts for thousands of years. In fact, researchers know that humans began noticing that monkeys ate these delectable-looking nuts after breaking open the unappetizingly hard shells. While indigenous cultures began using cashews in Brazil thousands of years ago, Europeans didn't discover them until the Portuguese and Spanish conquistadors came into the area in the 16th century. Cashews were instantly found to be appealing and a great way to add protein to the always-meager diet of the times. Today, you can enjoy the deliciousness of cashew nuts in a variety of ways.

Why Should I Eat Cashew Nuts?

Over the years, cashews have become one of the best nuts to snack on, and it's easy to see why because they are good for you. Cashew nuts are high in oleic acid. This fatty acid --the same fats that are found in olive oil--promotes good cardiovascular health. Cashews help prevent cancer and promote healthy and strong bones.

Cashews are also full of fiber, and they are a good source of copper, magnesium, and zinc. Cashews have a lot of calcium, which is why they are sometimes used as dairy substitutes.

What Kinds of Cashew Products Does Fastachi Have?

Because we know how popular cashew nuts are, we know that our customers want cashews in many varieties as possible. Here are our best cashew snacks to buy.

• Roasted and salted cashews--our naturally flavored cashews are small-batch roasted and salted with sea salt for that perfect taste and texture. Throw them into a salad or a stir-fry, or add them as a topping to fruit dishes.
• Do you want nothing but the raw, sweet flavor of cashews? You can buy our cashews raw--still hand-selected, but that's all the changing we do with the cashew nut, which means you get nothing but the flavor of the cashew itself.
• If you love creamy nut butters, try our Fastachi cashew butter. Our dry-roasted cashews are hand-ground into cashew butter with no additives or preservatives. Use it as a decadent change from peanut butter or even as a fruit dip.
• When you're ready to really indulge, or you need to give gifts to friends and family, why not try cashew bark? Fastachi makes our roasted cashew bark with decadent dark chocolate, smooth milk chocolate, or sweet white chocolate, so you can get some for friends, business associates, or yourself.

When you're ready to select the perfect nut type for you, you need to take a look at Fastachi Nuts. No one else takes the same amount of extraordinary care with their nuts as we do with ours. From the time our nuts are picked to the double-sifting process--which ensures only whole nuts make it into our batches to hand roasting in small batches and delicately salting our nuts, Fastachi picks the perfect nuts for your table every time.