Baru Nuts - Ingredients Descriptions and Photos
From All-Creatures.org Vegan - Vegetarian Recipe Book: How Mary and Frank and Friends Eat

(Baru Nuts) Baru nuts come from the baru tree (Dipteryx alata Vog.) which grow in the savanna ecoregion of Brazil known as the “Cerrado”. They are said to have a taste like a mixture of peanuts and cashews, which the eater much deside for themselves. Baru nuts are wild-collected in the Cerrado by a local coop of organized families and this work has been promoting great socio-environmental aid to the region. With the growing consumption of baru nuts, its trees are no longer being cut down for timber since maintaining them standing is now valuable and sustainable, thus preserving the original flora & wildlife and creating much needed jobs for the local communities. The impact of these actions are helping to save this important and amazing ecosystem. Every 100 grams of Baru nuts contain: 40 grams of fat, 24 grams of protein,​ 26.3 grams of fiber (100% of daily requirement), 21.4 mg of Vitamin E (100% of daily requirement), 6.7 mg of Zinc, 2.6 mg of Iron, 150 mg of Calcium, 228 mg of Magnesium, 1575 mg of Potassium, but this amount of nuts also contain 533 calories.