Whole Roasted Baru Nuts | Wild Harvested

Wild Baru Nuts

Baru nuts are the seeds of the giant Baruzeiro trees, native to the endangered Cerrado savannah in Brazil. They're deliciously crunchy - similar in taste to peanuts, but creamy like almonds. Traditionally enjoyed roasted, with their brown papery skin

Not technically a nut, they are an ancient legume. They do not bear the allergenic characteristics of some legumes such as peanuts, soybeans and peas. Also unrelated to tree nuts. The misnomer happened when "castanha" was first translated from Portuguese to English as nut!

The Cerrado is a vast tropical savannah in Brazil, but it's disappearing faster than the Amazon rainforest and is vastly unprotected. Home to an extraordinarily biodiverse ecosystem, the Baruzeiro trees are guardian trees - providing shelter, stablising soil and preventing flooding. Now they are giving local communities a positive economic alternative to logging, charcoal and soy production

Baruzeiro trees are native to the Cerrado and thrive without chemicals and artificial irrigation. They serve the Cerrado, taking nothing from it

Collected by hand, local co-ops are working together to preserve their home and uphold cultural traditions. The Baru Nut story is beautiful and full of hope. The nuts are incredibly healthy (better for you than any other nut) and the trees grow wild across the Cerrado. Instead of continuing to cut the trees down for their high-quality wood, people are now protecting them and replanting

Baru Nut Benefits

Considered the most nutritious nut in the world!

Wild Baru Nuts

Roasted for goodness: Roasting deactivates the trypsin inhibitor enzyme, allowing the body to digest their high protein content

Baru Nut Sourcing & Process: Our wild-harvested baru nuts are collected by hand from the Brazilian Cerrado. This remote area, is far away from industry and pollution

Ways to enjoy Baru Nuts:

Serving suggestion: as a healthy snack or make your own baru nut butter. Experiment making baru nut milk as an alternative to heavily processed store-bought almond or oat milks

As these become more popular in the West, the Baru Nut reviews and testimonials below can be helpful for further information on how Baru nuts are used medicinally in Brazil as we are limited in what we can share on how these delicious and very nutritious nuts may help