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Also known as nuts, botanical nut

in botany, type of dry indehiscent fruit

OverviewAI-generated

A nut is a food item categorized under the nuts group in Openfoodfacts. It has a water footprint of 9063. Nutritional data indicates that nuts contain 590 kcal of energy, 51 grams of fat, and 6.5 grams of saturated fat. They also provide 20.6 grams of carbohydrates, including 5.8 grams of sugars and 8.2 grams of fiber. The protein content is 18.5 grams, with 3.05 grams of salt.

In terms of classification, nuts have a NutriScore of a and a NOVA group of 1. There are 4573 products listed in the nuts category. Academic literature references the term "nut" in 19,760 PubMed articles. Additionally, the subject is referenced by 1,454 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 18 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, PubMed, Openfoodfacts, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Nutrition · Open Food Facts

Typical values per 100 g · averaged across 4,573 products

aNutri-Score
1NOVA · Unprocessed / minimally processed
Energy
590 kcal
Fat
51 g
— of which saturates
6.5 g
Carbohydrates
20.6 g
— of which sugars
5.8 g
Fibre
8.2 g
Protein
18.5 g
Salt
3.05 g
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Research

19,760 papers

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Encyclopedic overview

A nut is a fruit consisting of a hard or tough nutshell protecting a kernel which is usually edible. In general usage and in a culinary sense, many dry seeds are called nuts, but in a botanical context, "nut" implies that the shell does not open to release the seed (indehiscent).

Most seeds come from fruits that naturally free themselves from the shell, but this is not the case in nuts such as hazelnuts, chestnuts, and acorns, which have hard shell walls and originate from a compound ovary.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “nut” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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