The Southeast is the largest cashew production area, with 183,700 hectares, with an output of 140,600 tons, accounting for 61.6% of the area, 66.6% of the country's cashew output. The famous provinces that grow cashews are: Binh Phuoc, Dong Nai, and Binh Duong (belonging to the Southeast cluster), the rest of the provinces in the Central Highlands and the Central Coast are not too many.
Characteristics Vietnamese cashews are usually medium in shape, not big, but very firm, very sweet, very full of seeds, round and heavy. When eating, you will feel the flavor is very strong, rich, and very fatty, very crispy, completely different from the cashews you buy from other countries, especially it is better than cashews grown from Africa.
Cashew nuts originate from Africa, India, or from Cambodia, ... often its seeds are very large, its size is much larger than the size of Vietnamese cashews. But when we process it, the texture inside the grain is very loose, very friable, and it feels very boring to eat. did not feel the fat, or the sweetness of the seeds, the feeling was extremely boring. (Perhaps for this reason, cashews from Africa are mainly used as white kernels to make ingredients for processing some other dishes, cannot be roasted directly)
WHY YOU SHOULD BUY CASHEW NUTS FROM BINH PHUOC PROVINCE
Also thanks to the soil of Binh Phuoc, cashews grown here contain quite high levels of nutrients, surpassing other types of cashews grown in other regions. This has been confirmed by the research of the Nutrition Center of Ho Chi Minh City and the survey of the World Seed Council.
Specifically, in Binh Phuoc cashew nuts provide quite a lot of energy, fat, and sweet. In addition, there are substances that promote brain development, complete musculoskeletal systems, ensure a healthy heart, and maximize anti-oxidants. Especially, the carbohydrate content of Binh Phuoc cashew nut is quite high, so it is more crispy and fragrant than many other types of cashew.