2007-10-21 19:28:24 · 6 answers · asked by kitkat1640 6 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
Freshness is partly right, but it's also a production thing.
It would add an extra processing step and the meat of the actual nut would spoil quickly if exposed.
Brazil nuts are harvested from pods on trees that are about the size of a coconut,and the nuts inside are again encased in a shell. So they have their own package when sold whole.
Cheers!
2007-10-21 19:42:01 · answer #1 · answered by deepseaofblankets 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mostly because they lose flavor and nutrients quickly once shelled. Then, they go stale.
You can find them in nut mixes already shelled, though.
2007-10-21 19:33:37 · answer #2 · answered by nora22000 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Buy mixed nuts. They're in those bags. I think its because they haven't figured out a way to do this really fast, which means they lose $$$
2007-10-22 08:43:03 · answer #3 · answered by angels_angelsarehere 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
they do come in cans of mixed nuts. i did not know you could just buy plain brazil nuts.
2007-10-21 19:40:14 · answer #4 · answered by The Doors 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you can buy them I have seen them in the store they are more expensive just like the rest of them when someone else shells them lol you just don't recognize them shelled in a bag
2007-10-22 18:12:15 · answer #5 · answered by p-nut butter princess 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They are..just have to look at Farmers markets, Trader Joes does as well
2007-10-21 19:31:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋