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The Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa) is a South American tree in the family Lecythidaceae, and also the name of the tree's commercially harvested edible seed.
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The Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa) is a South American tree in the family Lecythidaceae, and also the name of the tree's commercially harvested edible seed.
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Safety thresholds
Brazil nuts→ contaminated with →aflatoxin B1
size group: Group III (small)contamination level: 5.62 microg/kg
“The nuts, classified as small (Group III), presented aflatoxin B1 contamination at a level of 5.62 microg/kg.”
What science says
ingredient property
“It was possible to establish the following parameters as standards for normal/healthy nuts: length (53.2, 43.9, and 36.6 mm), weight (12.9, 8.8, and 6.3 g), and shell chromaticity components (L*, 38.3, 39.5, and 41.6; a*, 8.0, 7.9, and 7.8; and b*, 17.6, 18.0, and 18.7), for the three groups, respectively.”
Brazil nuts→classified by→length, weight, and shell chromaticity
