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Macadamia in Brazil

Native from Australia the macadamia nut was introduced in Brazil in 1935; however, the first commercial orchard only appeared at the end of the seventies. Now Brazil has 6.500 hectares of Macadamia integrifolia species distributed in 7 states. The processing park is formed by three midsize units, which together produce 79% of Brazilian harvest, and twenty small units. In 2012 the country produced 1,100 tons of macadamia kernel, 62.5% for export and 37,5% for internal market. Still unknown by the majority of people the macadamia consumption has been growing at the same rate of world production. The inclusion of healthy foods in the diet has attracted more and more consumers to the nut market, this fact allows to say that macadamia nut is one of the future foods.

macadamia nut; production; healthy food


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