Organic Turkish Chestnut 500 g

Premium organic Turkish Chestnut (Castanea), 500 g

A food of legends

100 grams of chestnut contains 200 calories. Chestnut is rich in potassium, phosphorus, magnesium, chlorine, calcium, iron, sodium minerals, and C, B1, B2, PP vitamins and rich in sugar, protein, and fat. Chestnut is an invaluable source of health against the adverse conditions of winter, physical and mental fatigue since it has a valuable amount of starch, mineral salt, especially potassium, and other nutritional values.

Nutritional Values of Chestnut

Chestnut is a good source for C and B group vitamins, potassium, magnesium, iron, phosphorus. Before you consume it, you should not forget that three medium chestnuts are equivalent to 1 slice of bread.

Although the carbohydrate content in the chestnut is high, it is slowly absorbed because it is complex. Complex carbohydrates do not increase blood sugar like simple carbohydrates because the fiber content is high.

It does not trigger diabetes or cardiovascular diseases. Complex carbohydrates are the energy source of the body. Chestnut must be consumed in the winter months to boost energy to eliminate physical and mental fatigue.

How to consume chestnut?

Chestnuts can be fried or boiled in the oven either you can consume as so-called chestnut kebab or roasted chestnut like Maroni roasted chestnut. They are suitable to put in desserts, rice, and food.

Also, they can be served as a dessert-like Maroni candied chestnut. Bursa is world-famous in the agriculture of chestnuts.

Chestnut flour does not contain gluten.

It is a delicious and nutritious flour that is easily used by Coeliac patients too.

Chestnut honey is popular and healthy food choice that is produced only in certain regions in Turkey. In addition, chestnut trees, bark, branches, and leaves utilize too.