<p><span>Our Cashews are:</span></p> <ul> <li><span>Certified organic</span></li> <li><span>Sprouted</span></li> <li><span>Wild</span></li> <li><span>Grown in Bali or Africa</span></li> <li><span>Hand harvested</span></li> <li><span>Full of vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants</span></li> <li><span>Store in a cool, dark and dry location</span></li> </ul> <p data-mce-fragment="1"><span>Our cashews are harvested and shelled by hand with a tool that prevents them from heating above 104 degrees F. Maintaining a lower temperature prevents the raw kernels from being destroyed, resulting in an incredibly delicious nut.</span></p> <p data-mce-fragment="1"><span class="ILfuVd yZ8quc" data-mce-fragment="1">Cashews are a great source of vitamins E, K, and B6, along with minerals like copper, phosphorus, zinc, magnesium, iron, and selenium.</span></p> <h3 style="text-align: left;"><span><strong>Why Soak (Sprout)?</strong></span></h3> <p><span><strong>Sprouting nuts is similar to</strong><strong> the</strong><strong></strong><strong> process that they would undergo in nature</strong>. When a nut falls off a tree during the autumn months, it sits on the ground until spring when it begins to germinate and grow.</span></p> <p><span>Sprouting (also known as activating) disarms the inedible tannins and toxins that reside in the nut that prevent it from prematurely germinating in nature.</span></p> <p><span>Sprouting noticeably transforms a normally dense nut into a much lighter, easier to digest nut that is more alkaline and has enhanced nutritional delivery.</span></p> <p><span>The <strong>sprouting process also provides the nut with more vital life force </strong>because the nut is now further along in its growth cycle as opposed to being ungerminated.</span></p> <p><span><strong>All our sprouted nuts/seeds are soaked in water from a pristine, naturally alkaline deep well in Maine (not city water!).</strong></span></p> <p><span>We dehydrate as opposed to roasting to protect the oil in the nuts from going rancid. Roasting can damage the healthy polyunsaturated fats in nuts.</span></p>