Corylus avellana, the common hazel, is a species of flowering plant in the birch family Betuliaceae. It is native to Europe and western Asia. It is an important component of the hedgerows that were the traditional field boundaries in lowland England. The wood was traditionally grown as coppice, the poles cut being used for wattle-and-daub building and agricultural fencing.
Planters Nut & Chocolate Company is an American snack food company now owned by Hormel Foods. Planters is best known for its processed nuts and for the Mr. Peanut icon that symbolizes them. Mr. Peanut was created by grade schooler Antonio Gentile for a 1916 contest to design the company's brand icon. The design was modified by a commercial artist and has continued to change over the years.
Post Consumer Brands is an American breakfast cereal manufacturer headquartered in Lakeville, Minnesota.
Corn nuts, also known as toasted corn, quico, or Cracker are a snack food made of roasted or deep-fried corn kernels. It is referred to as cancha in Peru and chulpi in Ecuador.
Beer Nuts is an American brand of snack food building on the original product, peanuts with a sweet-and-salty glazing. According to the manufacturer, the ingredients include peanuts, coconut oil, corn syrup and salt. In the United States, Beer Nuts are a staple of bar snacks and are often referred to as "the quintessential American bar food".
Diamond Foods was an American packaged food company based in San Francisco, that marketed nuts and other snack foods. Diamond Foods was acquired by Snyder's-Lance in 2016, and as of 2018, Campbell Soup Company owns Diamond Foods's former snack brands; Diamond of California, Diamond Foods's nut business, is owned by Blue Road Capital.
KP Snacks is a German-owned British producer of branded and own-label maize-, potato-, and nut-based snacks, "Choc Dips" and nuts. The KP stands for “Kenyon Produce”. The company is based in Slough, England, UK.
Macadamia oil is the non-volatile oil collected from the nuts of the macadamia, a native Australian plant. It is used in food as a frying or salad oil, and in cosmetic formulations as an emollient or fragrance fixative.
Mixed nuts are a snack food consisting of any mixture of mechanically or manually combined nuts. Common constituents are peanuts, almonds, walnuts, Brazil nuts, cashews, hazelnuts (filberts), and pecans. Mixed nuts may be salted, roasted, cooked, or blanched.
Crunchy Nut is a breakfast cereal made by Kellogg's with flakes of corn, honey, three types of sugar, and chopped peanuts. The product was created by Kellogg's employees at their Trafford Park factory in Greater Manchester and first introduced around 1980.
Ma'amoul is a filled butter cookie made with semolina flour. The filling can be made with dried fruits like figs or dates or nuts such as pistachios or walnuts and occasionally almonds.
A nut roast or roasted nut loaf is a vegetarian dish consisting of nuts, grains, vegetable oils, broth or butter, and seasonings formed into a firm loaf shape or long casserole dish before roasting and often eaten as an alternative to a traditional British style roast dinner. It is popular with vegetarians at Christmas, as well as part of a traditional Sunday roast. Nut roasts are also made by Canadian and American vegetarians and vegans as the main dish for Thanksgiving or other harvest festival meals.
Kar's Nuts is an American manufacturer of nut and snack items that are distributed nationally in the United States. The company is headquartered in Madison Heights, Michigan. Kar's Nuts, originally located in Detroit, was incorporated in 1939 from a business that had been distributing nut and snack items throughout Michigan since 1933. After World War II, the company moved to Ferndale, Michigan and soon began distributing their products nationwide. In 2004, the company moved back to Madison Heights. Sales are estimated between $100 and $250 million. Kar's business is divided into four market segments that include route sales and delivery to retail outlets in Michigan, Indiana and Ohio, vending machine products, specialty markets and Club Store segment. Kar's products are packaged in single serve, family and super sizes depending on the market segment.
FARRA Design Center is a privately held home products retail store that sells imported furniture and home accessories. The company originated in Beirut, Lebanon, and started as a raw material supplier. The first FARRA store opened in Downtown Beirut in 1976 then moved to Dekwaneh in the early 1980s. In 2004, the company constructed a 7 floors showroom and moved its flagship store to Mkalles (Beirut).
The Leavitt Corporation is a manufacturer of nuts and peanut butter, formed by Michael Hintlian in 1925. The company's manufacturing facility is located in Everett, Massachusetts, just north of Boston. Leavitt employs approximately 100 employees. The company is a third generation family-owned and operated company. Current owners consist of a living daughter and grandchildren of founder Michael Hintlian in addition to executive management. Leavitt's CEO currently is Mark Hintlian who succeeded his father James T. Hintlian in 2007. James (Jamie) T. Hintlian, Jr now serves as the company's chairman. Leavitt produces several products under three primary brand names: Teddie Peanut Butter, Americana and River Queen Nuts. Leavitt also produces nut butters and mixed nuts under a variety of private labels. Leavitt prides itself in strict adherence to food safety and quality standards and proudly holds a level III SQF food safety certification. Leavitt products are exported internationally to countries such as Switzerland, Serbia, Croatia, UK, Germany, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Brazil, Argentina and Panama.
Honey-roasted peanuts is a salt-, sugar- and honey-flavored peanut snack food that is provided as a mass-produced product line by several nut and snack food companies, such as Planters, The Sun Valley Nut Co, and King Nut.
Big D is a British pub snack brand of peanuts and snack food, introduced in 1967.They produce 50g packets of Carded nuts and Tumble (Loose) which are hugely popular within the licensed and retail trade within the UK and Ireland via their association with Tayto. They are growing rapidly after re designing their cards and pack designs. Their flavours include Salted Peanuts, Dry Roasted, Birds Eye Chilli and Honey Roasted. They also produce Salted Cashews in and Smoked Almonds, which are also targeted at the licensed and retail sector. In addition to these pack formats they do a number of different shelf keeping units to cater for all occasions and channels of trade.
Bazzini, also known as the A. L. Bazzini Company, and Bazzini Brothers, is a nut, fruit, and chocolate company. Founded in New York City in 1886, it is the oldest nut company in the United States. From its beginning until 1968, it was based on Park Place in the Washington Market neighborhood, part of what is now Tribeca. It moved to a large nut processing facility on Greenwich Street until 1997, when it moved to the Bronx, and later to Allentown, Pennsylvania.
