Cashew Butter
Organic
Burkina Faso
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, processed into paste and packaged in Germany., 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
Nutrition table per 100g | |
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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."