Meet the Latest Superfood: Baru Nuts

As a health-conscious guy, you already know that nuts are part of a nutrient-dense diet. You may even have a bag of almonds in your desk drawer. For you, thereā€™s a new legume on the block. Baru nuts, native to Brazil, are oblong, with a brown outer paper and smooth inside.

The Healthy Nuts

A quarter cup has five grams of fiber, six grams of protein, no sodium, and clocks in at 140 caloriesā€”less than their crunchy peers. One importer of barus, called BaruĢ€kas, is planting one tree in Brazil for every five pounds sold. Most importantly, they taste good, like an almond crossed with a peanut.

[barukas.com]

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