Cashew Butter

Organic
Burkina Faso

EUR 14 500 g

EUR 2.80 / 100 g

including VAT plus Shipping

Roasted cashew pieces from gebana Burkina Faso are the only ingredient for this cashew butter. The fragments are created when cracking the hard shell and peeling off the thin skin of the cashews. The smaller the fragments, the harder it is to sell them, so processing them into butter creates more value.

Use & preparation

Use as a topping for porridge, muesli or pancakes
The butter can also be used for baking. For example in these cardamom cashew biscuits.
Use in savoury dishes to thicken and refine sauces, dips or salad dressings. For example in this cashew dip.

Sustainability & transparency

Grown by 3031 family farmers on an average of 5.4 ha in the Hauts-Bassins, Sud-Ouest, Cascades and Centre-Ouest Regions in Burkina Faso
Organic, non-irrigated, manually harvested and sorted, never repackaged, all processing done locally, transport: straight from the farm to Bobo-Dioulasso by lorry, by train to Abidjan, by ship to Rotterdam, 100% of employees working in processing have an employment contract, wages on par with minimum wage or better
Purchasing from cooperatives and family farmers straight from the farm since 2005
Potential for improvement: Provide training for family farmers so that they view themselves as business owners, promote innovative farming practices and biodiversity, raise the lowest wages at gebana Burkina Faso

Contents and nutrition facts

Nutrition table per 100g
Energy	2582kJ/617kcal
Fat	47.4 g
thereof saturated fatty acids	8.2 g
Carbohydrates	27.9 g
thereof sugar	6.2 g
Protein	19.1 g
Salt	0.04 g

Ingredients: 100% roasted organic cashews from Burkina Faso.

Allergy advice: May contain traces of gluten, peanuts, soybeans, mustard, sesame, almonds, hazelnuts, walnuts, pecan nuts, brazil nuts, pistachios, macadamia nuts.

KONE DJO

FARMER FROM DAN, BURKINA FASO

I eat the cashew apple. Preferably raw!

"I farm three hectares of land with corn, niébé and cashews. My mother-in-law, my brother-in-law and my children help me with the field work," explains Kone Djo. It is difficult to find farm workers, she says. "I notice that more and more people are going to school or to the city. This means there are fewer people to help with the harvest." Kone Djo would like to acquire farming equipment to make her work easier. “Whether it's a tractor or a plough, anything would help us work more efficiently."