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With an antiquity of more than 10.000 years, the pistachio is one of the "oldest" edible nuts on earth. Originating from Southeast Asia, Asia Minor, Pakistan and India, the pistachio belongs, like the cashew, to the family of the Anacardiaceae.

The fruit of the pistachio differs from all the other nuts because of its characteristic green colour and the semi-opening of the shell, which in Iran is called the "smiling pistachio". This singular morphology makes the pisctachio the only edible nut which does not need to be shelled.for roasting and salting, serving at its turn a natural "wrapping" and easy for consumption.

The pistachio has a delicious flavour and a high nutritious value, being very rich in proteins and vitamins. The principal producing countries are presently; Iran; Turkey, U.S.A., Greece and Italy. They are always marketed in their inshell form, roasted and salted, but they can be purchased shelled. They are mainly used as snack and confectionery and used in ice creams.

Refuse: 47%  (Shells)
Scientific Name:  Pistacia vera
NDB No: 12152 (Nutrient values and weights are for edible portion)

Nutrient Units Value per 100 grams Number of Data Points Std. Error Proximates Water g 1.85 15 0.118 Energy kcal 567 0 0.000 Energy kJ 2374 0 0.000 Protein g 20.95 13 0.472 Total lipid (fat) g 44.82 14 1.826 Ash g 3.00 12 0.067 Carbohydrate, by difference g 29.38 0 0.000 Fiber, total dietary g 9.9 19 0.551 Sugars, total g 7.74 13 0.360 Sucrose g 7.12 13 0.283 Glucose (dextrose) g 0.26 13 0.075 Fructose g 0.22 13 0.089 Lactose g 0.00 13 0.000 Maltose g 0.13 13 0.069 Starch g 1.38 4 0.113 Minerals Calcium, Ca mg 107 13 5.666 Iron, Fe mg 4.03 13 0.176 Magnesium, Mg mg 109 5 11.075 Phosphorus, P mg 469 5 16.500 Potassium, K mg 1007 12 39.559 Sodium, Na mg 6 5 3.950 Zinc, Zn mg 2.34 5 0.040 Copper, Cu mg 1.293 5 0.033 Manganese, Mn mg 1.243 5 0.033 Selenium, Se mcg 10.0 10 0.836 Vitamins Vitamin C, total ascorbic acid mg 3.0 6 0.750 Thiamin mg 0.695 5 0.145 Riboflavin mg 0.234 5 0.076 Niacin mg 1.373 5 0.053 Pantothenic acid mg 0.513 4 0.012 Vitamin B-6 mg 1.122 13 0.311 Folate, total mcg 51 5 0.500 Folic acid mcg 0 0 0.000 Folate, food mcg 51 5 0.500 Folate, DFE mcg_DFE 51 0 0.000 Choline, total mg 71.4 8 0.986 Betaine mg 0.8 8 0.043 Vitamin B-12 mcg 0.00 0 0.000 Vitamin B-12, added mcg 0.00 0 0.000 Vitamin A, RAE mcg_RAE 13 0 0.000 Retinol mcg 0 0 0.000 Carotene, beta mcg 156 14 57.546 Carotene, alpha mcg 0 12 0.000 Cryptoxanthin, beta mcg 0 8 0.000 Vitamin A, IU IU 259 0 0.000 Lycopene mcg 0 8 0.000 Lutein + zeaxanthin mcg 1160 9 48.536 Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol) mg 2.42 6 0.370 Vitamin E, added mg 0.00 0 0.000 Tocopherol, beta mg 0.15 6 0.042 Tocopherol, gamma mg 23.56 6 3.574 Tocopherol, delta mg 0.54 6 0.227 Vitamin D (D2 + D3) mcg 0.0 0 0.000 Vitamin D IU 0 0 0.000 Vitamin K (phylloquinone) mcg 13.2 8 0.584 Lipids Fatty acids, total saturated g 5.456 0 0.000 4:0 g 0.000 0 0.000 6:0 g 0.000 0 0.000 8:0 g 0.000 6 0.000 10:0 g 0.000 6 0.000 12:0 g 0.000 6 0.000 13:0 g 0.000 4 0.000 14:0 g 0.018 6 0.019 15:0 g 0.000 6 0.000 16:0 g 4.830 6 0.141 17:0 g 0.010 6 0.011 18:0 g 0.498 6 0.010 20:0 g 0.049 6 0.003 22:0 g 0.039 6 0.000 24:0 g 0.011 6 0.012 Fatty acids, total monounsaturated g 23.676 0 0.000 14:1 g 0.005 6 0.005 15:1 g 0.009 2 0.000 16:1 undifferentiated g 0.455 6 0.022 17:1 g 0.019 2 0.000 18:1 undifferentiated g 23.026 6 0.667 18:1 t g 0.000 2 0.000 20:1 g 0.157 6 0.011 22:1 undifferentiated g 0.005 6 0.005 24:1 c g 0.000 4 0.000 Fatty acids, total polyunsaturated g 13.448 0 0.000 18:2 undifferentiated g 13.201 6 0.263 18:2 t not further defined g 0.000 2 0.000 18:3 undifferentiated g 0.238 6 0.012 18:4 g 0.000 0 0.000 20:2 n-6 c,c g 0.000 6 0.000 20:3 undifferentiated g 0.005 6 0.005 20:4 undifferentiated g 0.005 6 0.005 20:5 n-3 (EPA) g 0.000 4 0.000 22:5 n-3 (DPA) g 0.000 4 0.000 22:6 n-3 (DHA) g 0.000 4 0.000 Fatty acids, total trans g 0.000 0 0.000 Fatty acids, total trans-monoenoic g 0.000 0 0.000 Cholesterol mg 0 0 0.000 Stigmasterol mg 3 2 0.000 Campesterol mg 10 2 0.000 Beta-sitosterol mg 200 2 0.000 Amino acids Tryptophan g 0.284 0 0.000 Threonine g 0.703 0 0.000 Isoleucine g 0.932 0 0.000 Leucine g 1.599 0 0.000 Lysine g 1.195 0 0.000 Methionine g 0.343 0 0.000 Cystine g 0.360 0 0.000 Phenylalanine g 1.107 0 0.000 Tyrosine g 0.507 0 0.000 Valine g 1.262 0 0.000 Arginine g 2.203 0 0.000 Histidine g 0.513 0 0.000 Alanine g 0.955 0 0.000 Aspartic acid g 1.907 0 0.000 Glutamic acid g 4.062 0 0.000 Glycine g 0.992 0 0.000 Proline g 0.844 0 0.000 Serine g 1.263 0 0.000 Other Alcohol, ethyl g 0.0 0 0.000 Caffeine mg 0 0 0.000 Theobromine mg 0 0 0.000

 

Additional phytosterols = 73.6 mg/100 g

Source: USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 23 (2010)

g = gram
mg = milligram
mcg = microgram
IU = International Units