Peanut (HS CODE 12024210)

Season June-September / Origin: Burkina-faso/Senegal

Peanuts belong to the legume family but have all the nutritional characteristics of oleaginous fruits, such as almonds, walnuts, hazelnuts or even cashews. This category of food has very interesting nutritional value since it contains both good fats (mono and polyunsaturated, cardioprotective), proteins in interesting quantities, minerals and trace elements (zinc, magnesium, manganese, copper, potassium, iron), vitamins (E and B6) and antioxidants in large quantities. "Plain, raw or naturally dried, constitute a very interesting snack despite their fairly high caloric content "explains Lise Lafaurie, nutritionist in Paris, "Rich in proteins, fibers and good fats, they have the advantage of being very satiating in a low volume."