MACADAMIA NUTS
From Waiuku, New Zealand
All Natural and Absolutely Delicious

Macadamia Heaven is introducing the choicest variety of Macadamia Nuts grown in the pure New Zealand environment into Singapore.  All nuts are grown in our own orchard in Waiuku and are processed in the traditional way with nuts being hand picked, washed, and roasted to perfection by specialists who know how.  From these carefully controlled processes we proudly present our New Zealand Macadamia Nuts that are extra crunchy, creamy and tasty.
When you purchase Macadamia Heaven’s products, we guarantee that our nuts are grown in all natural conditions with no chemical fertilizers or genetic modification.  Our Macadamia Nuts are highly sought after by connoisseurs as the superior Macadamia Nut and we are proud to share our product with you.

Is cholesterol still considered important?
The discussions and information about cholesterol in the last 10 years have been controversial. However, an increased blood cholesterol level is still considered one of the major risk factors in the development of cardiovascular disease. It is recognised that one of the dietary factors contributing most to an increased blood cholesterol level is the type of dietary fat consumed. A high intake of saturated fat (typical Western diet) contributes to increased blood cholesterol while a higher proportion of monounsaturated and poly-unsaturated fats (such as in Macadamias) appears to protect against cardiovascular disease by lowering total cholesterol and increasing the HDL-cholesterol (good cholesterol).
(nutritional information prepared by Ingrid Perols, Dietician and lecturer, email SCIMP@twp.ac.nz) 

What’s the difference between Australian and NZ macadamias?
There are several differences: Australia grows predominantly Tetraphylla variety nuts. These nuts have largely the same composition, but are not as sweet and white as the NZ nut. Also, as they are harvested from the ground they have more contamination problems. Even the Aussie’s recognise that most people prefer the taste of the NZ nut, which is largely from the tree variety Beaumont. The Beaumont nuts are also produced in South Africa. As the Beaumont nut must be hand picked it is a little more expensive than the ground harvested nuts, but you get what you pay for.

The other difference is the way the nuts are dried. Australian processors dry their nuts with the hot air from burning gas, typically using temperatures over 60 deg (compared to our 45 deg). The result of using hydrocarbons exhaust products to dry and the higher temperature gives the nut a browner, cooked appearance compared to the pristine NZ nut.

Why are Macadamias good value?
Eating the best tasting products that are best for you is always good value! To look at it another way, if we pick 100 kg of nuts with husk from our trees we will have 46 kg after dehusking, 34.5 kg after drying and only 10 kg of kernel after cracking. Thus we have 90% waste products - the remaining 10% deserves to be good!

Other uses for Macadamias

• Sexual Tonics - perhaps the most unique use reported for macadamia nuts in in the treatment of sexual phobias.
• Mulch - macadamia husks are generally returned to the field as mulch or used for compost material.

Natural oil   75.0 %

Protein 9.0 %

Carbohydrate  9.3 %

Moisture 1.5 %

Mineral Matter  1.6 %

Fibre  2.0 %