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Cashew is Healthy for the Entire Family
Products from cashew
Cashew kernel:
Nutritious food for the entire family
Cashew apple: Rich in vitamin C, iron, phos-
phorus, calcium and used to make fresh juice,
jam, jelly and pickle. In Goa, fermented cashew
apple juice is marketed as ‘Feni’, the most pop-
ular drink in Goa and is considered the state's
heritage drink. If unfit for human consumption,
cashew apple juice can be used to produce
bio-ethanol. The solid waste is an excellent
manure.
Cashew shell: Has multiple uses. It has 20%
oil, which is used for making products such as
cardanol. Oil has multiple applications, such as
friction linings, paints and varnishes, laminating
resins, etc., Shell cake can be used for making
bio-char and enriching soil carbon or as fuel
Cashew husk: used for extraction of tannin
and also used in cattle-feed preparation in
small quantities
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