Pistachios Have Complete Protein!

Pistachios Have Complete Protein!

Patrick Cavanaugh
Patrick Cavanaugh
You can call it breaking news. It's been found that pistachios have complete protein. What is complete protein? Well, the food and drug administration defines a complete protein as a food that contains adequate amounts of the nine essential amino acids.

The protein quality of pistachios was recently assessed for the first time at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The study determined roasted pistachios contain all nine essential amino acids necessary for supporting growth and maintaining health for those five years and older. Therefore, they are a complete protein. Nutritionists are raving about the fact that pistachios support, active lifestyles and help maintain balanced nutrition!

In more news Jacob Arnold is a New Mexico pecan grower. He speaks on behalf of all pecan growers in the West, including California regarding the pecan industry--- bullish for the future.

“I am, I think it is a great, sort of rosy look and future. And I really think a lot of it is because of what we are selling and our product,” said Arnold. “And as long as we can maintain that quality, I think we have some work to do with getting a quality product to our consumers. You know, there's been a complaint that a lot of times you see a red nut in the stores, which is a sign of the lack of freshness,” he noted.

“And I think giving them something that tastes good. That good quality is only going to help us in the future to market those pecans, increased consumption, and then to get consumers that are going to be continually coming back,” noted Arnold.

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