Description
Smooth / Crunchy Pine Nut Butter –
from Nutural World
Both the Smooth and the Crunchy varieties are made of 100% highest quality pine nuts – and nothing else. The nuts are lightly toasted and stone-milled to a fine paste. They differ in texture only. While the Smooth contains just the paste of grounded pine nuts, the Crunchy is mixed with bits of broken nuts, adding highly palatable “crunchiness” to the taste. Each jar contains 170g.
Culinary Use
In general, Pine Nut Butter can be used wherever and whenever one would otherwise use peanut butter. It does have, though, a very distinctive taste quite different from peanut butter (for more about the differences between the two from the nutritional point of view see below). It is fabulous on its own, spread on freshly toasted bread. As the product is made of 100% pine nuts, without any additives whatsoever, you may wish to add a pinch of salt and/or some drops of honey, maple syrup or sugar to suit your taste.
Pine Nut Butter can be used as an ingredient in salad dressing or as an original dip (prepared like Tahini). Both varieties can be used to enhance stir fries and oriental dishes such as Thai chicken curry and chicken satay. For desserts and sweet treats, Pine Nut Butter has a respectable range of uses as a main ingredient in baking cookies, fudge, etc. It is amazingly tasty as a topping for ice cream too. The use is really only bound by your imagination! You can, of course, do some online research too…
Health Benefits
In an article published in The Huffington Post, they tell of all the health benefits of pine nuts, especially in older adults.
- Pine nuts can reduce the risk of heart disease.
Studies show that eating tree nuts about five times a week can help lower the risk of death due to heart disease. Like other nuts, pine nuts are high in beneficial monounsaturated fats, magnesium and vitamin E, which work together to protect the heart. Pine nuts also naturally contain plant sterols, a compound that can help lower low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels. Eating tree nuts, including pine nuts, is associated with lower waist circumference, body mass index and blood pressure. It’s important to keep these things under control to help prevent heart disease.
- Pine nuts are high in antioxidants.
From Vitamin E to zinc, pine nuts’ antioxidants may help protect cells from damage.
- Pine nuts ward off cognitive decline.
All nuts are part of the MIND Diet, a well-researched dietary pattern that can help reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease by up to 35%. The MIND Diet recommends enjoying nuts at least five times a week.
Nutrition Facts
The table below shows the high level breakdown of nutritional elements in 100g of pine nuts:
Nutrition Facts |
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| Serving Size: 100g or 3.5oz | |||||||||||||
Amount Per Serving |
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% Daily Value* |
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Total Fat68.4g |
105% | ||||||||||||
| Saturated Fat 4.9g | 29% | ||||||||||||
| Trans Fat 0g | |||||||||||||
Cholesterol0mg |
0% | ||||||||||||
Sodium2.0mg |
0% | ||||||||||||
Total Carbohydrate13.1g |
4% | ||||||||||||
| Dietary Fibre 3.7g | 15% | ||||||||||||
| Sugars 3.6g | |||||||||||||
Protein13.7g |
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| *Percent Daily Values (%DV) are for adults or children aged 4 or older, and are based on a 2,000 calorie reference diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower based on your individual needs. | |||||||||||||
| Nutritional Data taken from https://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/nut-and-seed-products/3136/2#ixzz6UQ3RZbDa | |||||||||||||
Evidently, most of the calories (572 out of 673) are derived from the fat content. The good news is that the vast majority of that fat is of the GOOD variety! The chart below shows the proportion of good fats (green) in cashew in relation to bad fats (in red). Read more about each type of fat and fatty acid below.
Polyunsaturated Fats: Polyunsaturated fat can be found mostly in nuts, seeds, fish, algae, leafy greens, and krill. Whole food sources are always best, as processing and heating may damage polyunsaturated fats.
Monounsaturated Fats: Foods containing monounsaturated fats reduce LDL (bad) cholesterol, while possibly increasing HDL (good) cholesterol. [“You Can Control Your Cholesterol: A Guide to Low-Cholesterol Living”. Merck & Co. Inc.].
Trans Fatty Acids: The National Academy of Sciences has concluded there is no safe level of trans fat consumption. This is because any incremental increase in trans fat intake increases the risk of coronary heart disease. [Dietary Reference Intakes for Energy, Carbohydrate, Fibre, Fat, Fatty Acids, Cholesterol, Protein, and Amino Acids (Macronutrients). National Academies Press. p. 504].
Saturated Fats: Consumption of saturated fat is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease in the view of the Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation, the American Heart Association, the British Heart Foundation, the National Heart Foundation of Australia, the National Heart Foundation of New Zealand and the World Heart Federation.
Vitamins and Minerals
As noted above, Pine Nut Butter contains high concentrations of vital vitamins and minerals. See details below, along with the percentage of the Recommended Daily Intake (RDI) of each, provided by 100g of Pine Nut Butter:
Vitamin Content |
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| Serving Size: 100g or 3.5oz | ||
| Amount | RDI% | |
| Vitamin A | 29.0IU | 1% |
| Vitamin B6 | 0.1mg | 5% |
| Vitamin B12 | 0 mcg | 0% |
| Vitamin B12, Added | 0 mcg | 0% |
| Vitamin C | 0.8mg | 1% |
| Vitamin D | 0 IU | 0% |
| Vitamin D2 | ~ | |
| Vitamin D3 | ~ | |
| Vitamin D (D2 + D3) | 0 mcg | 0% |
| Vitamin E (Alpha-tocopherol) | 9.3mg | 47% |
| Vitamin E, Added | 0 mg | 0% |
| Vitamin K | 53.9mcg | 67% |
| Thiamin | 0.4mg | 24% |
| Riboflavin | 0.2mg | 13% |
| Niacin | 4.4mg | 22% |
| Pantothenic Acid | 0.3mg | 3% |
| Folate | 34.0mcg | 8% |
| Folate, Food | 34.0mcg | ~ |
| Folate, DFE | 34.0cg DFE | ~ |
| Choline | 55.8mg | ~ |
| Betaine | 0.4mg | ~ |
| *Daily Value not established for starred items. ~Data not available for tilde (~) items. |
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| Vitamin Data taken from https://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/nut-and-seed-products/3136/2#ixzz6UQ3RZbDa | ||
Mineral Content |
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| Serving Size: 100g or 3.5oz | ||
| Amount | RDI% | |
| Calcium | 16.0mg | 2% |
| Iron | 5.5mg | 31% |
| Magnesium | 251mg | 63% |
| Phosphorus | 575mg | 57% |
| Potassium | 597mg | 17% |
| Sodium | 2.0mg | 0% |
| Zinc | 6.4mg | 43% |
| Copper | 1.3mg | 66% |
| Manganese | 8.8mg | 440% |
| Selenium | 0.7mcg | 1% |
| Fluoride | ~ | |
| *Daily Value not established for starred items. ~Data not available for tilde (~) items. |
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| Mineral Data taken from https://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/nut-and-seed-products/3136/2#ixzz6UQ3RZbDa | ||
Compared to Peanut Butter, Pine Nut Butter contains significantly more Vitamin A, Vitamin B6, calcium, iron, phosphorus and potassium but has less zinc, sodium and Niacin. Pine Nut Butter contains a lower percentage of Saturated (bad) fats than peanut butter (5% vs 8%).
Allergies
Nutural World Pine Nut Butter is made in a peanut-free environment, and thus is completely safe for those with a peanut allergy. However, Nutural World produces other seed and nut based products, and while every effort is made to separate the production lines it cannot guarantee that the product is free of traces of other seeds and nuts.
Vegans and the Manufacturing Process
Nutural World Pine Nut Butter is made of 100% pine nuts, and thus is suitable for vegetarians and vegans. The seeds are lightly roasted to enhance their taste and bring out their delicate aroma. The milling process uses traditional stone-based mills and not high speed rotating blades to generate the most uniform paste and keep the temperature during the milling process to the lowest possible. Since no emulsifier is added, it is quite normal for the oil in our products to separate to the top of the jar. Simply stir it back in. Once opened, storing the product in the refrigerator will slow down the separation process and will hold for three months
Aids Healthy Weight Management
People who eat pine nuts and tree nuts have a lower body weight, body mass index (BMI), and smaller waist circumference than those who don’t, according to NHANES data from 2005–2010. (O’neil CE, Fulgoni VL, Nicklas TA. Tree nut consumption is associated with better adiposity measures and cardiovascular and metabolic syndrome health risk factors in U.S. Adults: NHANES 2005-2010. Nutr J. 2015;14:64. doi:10.1186/s12937-015-0052-x)
These findings support previous studies that have shown no increase in body weight as a result of eating these foods, despite their high energy density.
It’s also possible that nuts and seeds have a lower calorie content than previously thought, because of some of the calories are trapped in indigestible fiber. The fats in pine nuts make them a satisfying food that reduces appetite and promotes healthy weight management.
Your Satisfaction
We aim to provide you with the best products and service – period. If you are not happy with either, for any reason, please let us know and we will do all we can to remedy the situation. Products can be returned up to two weeks after being received – even if opened and partially consumed for a full refund. Your statutory rights are not affected.
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