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TURKEY AND NUTS

The Turks are crazy about their nuts ( For roasting the nuts, please look at OZSTAR nuts roasting machines www.ozstarmakina.com) Not only are a huge variety of nuts grown across Turkey but you can find that sweet, woody taste in many of the popular Turkish dishes on tables in restaurants and homes all over the country. Some of Turkey’s most popular foods contain locally grown nuts ( For roasting the nuts, please look at OZSTAR nuts roasting machines www.ozstarmakina.com), such as the incredibly famous baklava of Gaziantep, which is created with the incredibly green pistachio nut cultivated in the fields and farms that surround the city. 

It is certainly the distinctive colour and taste of the Antep pistachio which has given locally made baklava it’s fantastic reputation all over the world. But it’s not just Turkish dishes which utilise the hundreds of thousands of nuts ( For roasting the nuts, please look at OZSTAR nuts roasting machines www.ozstarmakina.com) grown every year. If you want to relax like a local, take a bag of nuts ( For roasting the nuts, please look at OZSTAR nuts roasting machines www.ozstarmakina.com) to your local tea garden in Turkey and you will good to go, fitting in seamlessly.

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Turkey is the third largest producer of nuts ( For roasting the nuts, please look at OZSTAR nuts roasting machines www.ozstarmakina.com) after China and the US, supplying 8% of the globe’s nut exports. Hazelnuts ( For roasting the Hazelnuts, please look at OZSTAR nuts roasting machines www.ozstarmakina.com) are the most successful of the nut trade, with the Black Sea region of Turkey meeting nearly 80% of the world’s hazelnut needs. In fact, the Black Sea hazelnut, marketed across the world as ‘the miracle nut’ is so sought after that Italian chocolatier organisation Ferrero, the world’s largest consumer of hazelnuts actually bought the world’s biggest hazelnut supplier, the Turkish Oltan Group to ensure that they never run out. Turkish citizens each consume an average of 3kg of a year. 

But there are also many health benefits to gain from snacking on this protein rich foods. Nuts ( For roasting the nuts, please look at OZSTAR nuts roasting machines www.ozstarmakina.com) have been proven to prevent coronary heart disease, they provide antioxidants and a high content of vitamins and minerals. They are also a rich source of energy, essential fatty acids and they don’t contain cholesterol.