For centuries, the inhabitants of Siberia have valued the widespread cedar (Pinus sibirica), a stone pine, not only as a source of precious wood but also for the tasty and extremely nutritious seeds that are trapped in the cedar cones.
Cedar nuts contain about 55% valuable unsaturated fatty acids, particularly linoleic and alpha-linolenic acid, as well as the rare pinoleic/pinolenic acid. They are rich in tocopherols (vitamin E) as antioxidants and high-quality proteins (approx. 17%). They also contain many minerals (notably magnesium, potassium, phosphorus), trace elements (copper, manganese, zinc), vitamins (K and B), and flavonoids.
Cedar nuts have a taste similar to other pine nuts but are a bit sweeter and stronger. Unlike almost all commercially available pine nuts, our raw cedar nuts are not heat-treated.