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There is a profound difference between a standard jar of peanut butter and a artisanal, stone-ground almond or cashew butter. If you’ve ever looked at the back of a supermarket jar and seen "Palm Oil," "Emulsifiers," or "Refined Sugar," you know why the DIY route is the only way for a true whole-food enthusiast. Making your own nut butter gives you total control over the roast, the texture, and the nutritional profile. Whether you’re a professional chef prepping for a busy week or a home cook looking for a cleaner snack, here is how to master the art of the spread. 1. The Foundation: Selecting Your Nuts The quality of your butter is entirely dependent on the quality of your raw materials. At Whole Food Earth, we recommend starting with raw, organic nuts to ensure the natural oils are fresh and unoxidised. Almond Butter: Use our Organic Whole Almonds (skin-on) for a deep, earthy flavour and extra fibre. Cashew Butter: Our Organic Whole Cashews create the smoothest, most decadent "velvet" butter imaginable—perfect for vegan baking. Hazelnut Butter: Combine our Organic Raw Hazelnuts with Raw Cacao Powder for a sophisticated, healthy "Nutella" alternative. 2. The "Pro" Step: To activate or To Roast? While you can make butter from 100% raw nuts, a light roast helps release the natural oils, making the blending process faster and the flavour more intense. The Kitchen Method: Spread your nuts on a large baking tray and roast in a fan oven at 160 C for 8–12 minutes. You aren't looking to "cook" them—just to warm them until they smell fragrant. Pro Tip: Let the nuts cool for just 5 minutes before blending. Warm nuts release their oils much more readily than cold ones, saving your food processor from overheating. 3. The Blending Journey: Don't Panic! Making nut butter is a test of patience. Whether you are using a high-speed blender or a food processor, the mixture will go through four distinct stages: The Flour Stage: The nuts turn into a fine powder. The Clump Stage: The oils begin to release, and the "flour" starts sticking to the sides. Use a spatula to scrape it down. The Paste Stage: It looks like thick, dry dough. Keep going! The Liquid Gold Stage: Suddenly, the mixture turns glossy and pourable. This is the moment the magic happens. 4. Elevating the Flavour (The Inclusions) Once you have your smooth base, it’s time to get creative. This is where your Whole Food Earth pantry shines: The Crunch: Stir in a handful of Raw Cacao Nibs or chopped Pistachios at the very end for texture. The Sweetener: Avoid honey or maple syrup as they contain water and can cause the butter to "seize" (turn hard). Instead, use a pinch of Organic Coconut Sugar or Pink Himalayan Salt. 5. Storage and Longevity In the UK climate, homemade nut butter is incredibly stable. Store it in one of our airtight glass jars in a cool, dark cupboard. It will stay fresh for up to a month—though in most households, it rarely lasts a week. The "Chocolate" Twist: Fold in some melted Cacao Liquor for a rich, dark chocolate nut butter that is entirely sugar-free. Ready to start your first batch? From the rarest raw nuts to the essential cacao add-ins, find your ingredients today. Shop Our Raw Nut Collection This is a perfect addition. For customers who want the nutritional benefits of raw, cold-processed nuts but don't have the time (or the high-speed blender) to make their own, featuring a brand like RAWGORILLA reinforces your position as a curator of the highest-quality health foods in the UK. Here is a section you can add to the "Nut Butter Masterclass" article, or use as a standalone "Product Spotlight". The Artisanal Alternative: RAWGORILLA Stone Ground Nut Butters While making your own nut butter is a rewarding kitchen project, we know that life is busy. If you’re looking for that same raw, uncompromised nutritional profile without the cleanup, we are proud to have RAWGORILLA. RAWGORILLA shares our "earth-first" philosophy, producing nut butters that are truly in a league of their own. Here is why they are a staple on the Whole Food Earth shelves: 1. The Cold-Made Difference Most commercial nut butters—even "natural" ones—are made using high-speed metal grinders that create significant friction heat. RAWGORILLA uses an artisanal stone grounding process. By keeping the temperature low throughout production, the delicate enzymes, vitamins, and healthy fats within the nuts remain completely intact. It’s "raw" in the truest sense of the word. 2. Strictly Single-Ingredient In a world of complex labels, RAWGORILLA is refreshingly simple. Our butters are single-ingredient masterpieces. No Palm Oil: Protecting rainforests and your health. No Added Sugar or Salt: Allowing the natural, creamy sweetness of the organic nuts to shine. No Emulsifiers: Just 100% pure, organic nuts. 3. Professional Texture Achieving a truly "silk-smooth" almond or cashew butter at home can be difficult without industrial equipment. RAWGORILLA butters are stone-ground to a professional standard, making them the perfect "cheat code" for your toasts or as a swirl in your morning porridge. Why shop at Whole Food Earth? We know that for our "Pro" bakers and bulk-buyers, consistency is everything. If you are ordering a 10kg wholesale supply of cashews to launch your own small-batch butter brand, or simply a 1kg bag for the family, you need to know you are getting exactly what you paid for. At Whole Food Earth, every order is digitally weight-verified at our UK dispatch station. Our scales are calibrated to ensure that every gram of our premium organic nuts is accounted for, providing you with the perfect ratio for your recipes every single time.

Food lovers aka foodies are those people who simply love to eat. They often love to cook and bake as well. But be aware, they won't eat anything. Foodies often focus on the best quality foods and the best cooking ingredients. So when you want to offer them a gift, let it be the best foods you can find. Foodies will appreciate a Christmas hamper filled with organic produce, vegetables and fruits, whole foods, organic nuts, fermented foods, quality condiments and pickles, organic olive oil and premium herbs and spices. What to add to a foodie Christmas hamper? Here's the list of products you can be assure, a food lover will love! Rare whole foods & grains Wild rice, freekeh, kasha Wholegrain pasta & noodles wholegrain pasta in different shapes, Italian pasta, Japanese noodles Organic oils & quality vinegars Organic olive oil is always great gift option for a foodie. The best organic olive oil available on the market are Greek olive oil and Portuguese olive oil. There are also some speciality rare oils such as pumpkin seed oil, hemp oil, avocado oil, sesame seed oil and peanut oil as well as a good quality Balsamic vinegar will make a perfect addition to a foodie hamper. Organic nuts Organic almonds, macadamia, pistachios, chestnuts, whole walnuts Organic dried fruits Medjoul dates, dried Mediterranean figs, dried apricots, organic prunes, sultanas Premium herbs and spices Organic herbs: organic oregano, organic Basil, organic rosemary, organic bay leaves, organic thyme, organic sage Organic spices: Ceylon cinnamon, cinnamon sticks, organic black pepper, star anise, cardamon, organic chilli, chilli flakes, Harissa paste, varieties of miso, green, red and yellow curry paste, tandoori Salt Pink Himalayan salt, Kala Namal - black salt, Sea salt, Flor de Sal Pickles and fermented foods Kimchi is many flavours, sauerkraut in different versions, beetroot pickles, cucumber pickles, kombucha Organic tea & coffee Matcha powder, organic roasted coffee beans, 100% Arabica coffee beans, organic green tea, organic Earl Grey, fruit infusions, hibiscus flour

A warm drink ritual best accompanies cold winter evenings. Whether it's a cup of tea, coffee or hot chocolate, it always makes you feel good. As we are approaching the Christmas holiday season, perhaps it's time to consider adding some spices to your drinks. A nice cup of chai latte or a glass of mulled wine is the perfect pairing with sofa time or fireplace in the evening. What is mulled wine? Mulled wine is sweet, warmed red wine mixed with winter spices such as cloves, cinnamon, and citrus fruit peel. There is a mulled wine tradition in nearly every European country where it's particularly popular during Christmas time when the nights are the longest. This is when people like to gather on Christmas markets and enjoy a cup of this warming drink while outside watching festive decorations and enjoying Christmas songs and special treats. Mulled wine goes by many names, like glögg in Scandinavia, gluhwein in Germany and Austria, vin chaud in France, and grzane wino in Poland. These days you can buy it in many supermarkets, but it is also easy to make at home. What do you need to make mulled wine at home? When making mulled wine at home, you need to prepare a large pot and a bottle of some good wine. The wine should be fruity, slightly sweet and not too dry. You can also add some extra vermouth - which will add some bitter-sweetness. The essential ingredients are the Christmas spices, so your mulled wine is intense in flavour. What spices do you add to mulled wine? To make delicious mulled wine at home, you need: dried lemon zest, dried orange zest, cloves, Ceylon cinnamon sticks, dried ginger, brown sugar, star anise, whole allspice. Homemade Mulled Wine Recipe 1 bottle of red wine 1 cup of sweet vermouth 1 cup brown sugar 1-2 lemon zest (or dried orange peel) 1-2 orange zest (or dried lemon peel) 12 cloves 4 cinnamon sticks 4 dried ginger pieces 4 cardamon seeds 4 star anise 10 whole allspice Method: In a large pot, mix all the ingredients. Simmer gently for about 15 minutes until the sugar dissolves in the liquid. Remove the spices and dried fruit before serving. Drink warm!

The world's leading nutrition experts and researchers attended NUTS 2022 conference last week to discuss the health research on nuts and dried fruits. The conference summarised the latest evidence on health benefits of nuts and dried fruits, and the opportunities in research for the future. Health benefits of nuts and dried fruits The effects of nut and dried fruit consumption have gained traction over the last years, and supported by growing scientific evidence they have been associated with many health benefits, from cardiovascular health to insulin resistance and diabetes, weight management, lipoproteins and dyslipidemia, inflammation and oxidation, gut health, aging and cognition, and some forms of cancer. More recently, other lines of research have included fertility and nuts and dried fruits as part of sustainable diets. While some areas of research have been put into focus more than others, there is irrefutable evidence that they are nutrient-dense foods with an interesting nutritional composition. Importance of nuts and dried fruits in healthy diet The NUTS 2022 participants highlighted how a joint effort must be made to help bring awareness to the importance of including nuts and dried fruits as part of a healthy diet. The benefits of nuts are wide-ranging and include a variety of nutrients, mono- and polyunsaturated fats, fibre, vitamins, minerals, polyphenols and antioxidants, all which have a beneficial effect on health, and dried fruits contain essential nutrients and health-promoting bioactive compounds such as antioxidants. Nuts and dried fruits in prevention of diabetes Among the future lines of research discussed in the meeting, experts highlighted the potential role of nuts and dried fruits in the prevention of diabetes, which is of particular relevance in today's world. According to the International Diabetes Federation, there are currently 537 million people worldwide with diabetes, and this number is projected to reach 700 million people by 2045. Prevalence is increasing worldwide, leading to over 4 million deaths every year, and in countries such as China and India, the number of deaths attributable to diabetes are extremely high: 1.4 million and 648,000 people, respectively. Lifestyle measures and a healthy diet have been shown to be effective in preventing or delaying type 2 diabetes, which is the most common type of diabetes. NUTS 2022 took place from 20 till 21 October and gathered the brightest minds in the field of nutrition research on nuts and dried fruits, including twenty-five researchers and professors from universities in Europe, Australia, Canada, Brazil, Iran, Turkey, the USA and the UK. Chaired by Prof. Jordi Salas-Salvadó, Distinguished Professor at Universitat Rovira i Virgili, the meeting included highly-esteemed researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Loma Linda University, and Penn State University, among others.

Whether you eat nuts raw or roasted, they provide you with great health benefits. 1. Lower risk of contamination Roasting or toasting the nuts can reduce the risk of contamination. Processing any food item at high temperatures, such as cooking, baking and roasting, helps to eliminate germs and miscreants that can appear in the produce. Roasted nuts are then more purified and safer to eat. 2. Easy digestion Roasted nuts are better for your digestive system. Cooked food is always easier to digest compared to raw food. When food is cooked or roasted, it will be more likely easier to break down in your stomach. 3. Better flavour Roasting or toasting makes nuts taste better. Roasting enhances the taste and texture of the nuts. Thanks to roasting, nuts are more crispy and crunchy and, therefore, more enjoyable to eat. 4. Roasted nuts nutrition Roasted nuts are good for you and provide great health benefits for your body and mind. They contain similar amounts (if no salt, oil or sugar was added) of protein, fibre and carbohydrates and calories as raw nuts however you must remember that roasting nuts may damage their healthy fat content and can slightly reduce their nutrients. Are there any risks of eating roasted nuts? Roasting some type of nuts in high temperatures can the lead to the formation of a harmful substance called acrylamide. Acrylamide is a chemical compound that can form in some foods during high-temperature cooking processes, such as frying, grilling, roasting, and baking. It is often found in cookies, cakes, bread, cereals, potato products such as crisps and chips, and roasted coffee. Although acrylamide was detected in roasted almonds and pistachios it was not found in macadamia nuts, walnuts or hazelnuts. Consuming roasted nuts in moderation should not be dangerous. 5. How to roast nuts at home? Heat up the oven up to 180 degrees C. Spread the nuts on the baking tray and roast them for about 5-10 minutes. All of nuts are great for roasting. The roasting time depends on the type of nuts. Tender nuts like walnuts, pecans, cashews or pistachios need a gentle treatment: from 5 to 8 minutes of roasting. Harder nuts like hazelnuts, peanuts, almonds and macadamias need a bit more time - from 8 to 10 minutes to get beautifully toasted. Nuts are ready when they start looking a bit darker (not too dark!) and have a lovely toasty smell. Roasting temperature has much greater impact on acrylamide formation than the roasting time. Roasting almonds at a temperature below 130°C will reduce acrylamide formation.

We know that almonds offer incredible benefits for human health, but now researchers have found more evidence that almonds are particularly great for our gut health. A healthy gut promotes immunity According to a recent study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, eating a handful of almonds every day increases butyrate production. Butyrate is a short-chain fatty acid that improves gut health. In the gut, there are thousands of microorganisms that play an essential role in digesting nutrients. They can positively or negatively influence our health, including our digestive and immune systems. It all depends on the food we consume. Results of previous studies suggest that eating healthy foods can be great for the good bacteria in our gut. Almonds promote gut health & boost immunity A team of scientists from King's College London researched the influence of whole and ground almonds on the structure of gut microbes. The researchers recruited 87 healthy adults with some unhealthy habits to take part in the study. These were people eating unhealthy snacks like crisps, chocolate and sweets and already consuming less than the recommended amount of dietary fibre. Almonds as a healthy snack The researchers divided the participants into three groups and recommended snack change for a trial of four weeks. Group one - the participants replaced their unhealthy snacks with 56 g of whole almonds a day. Group two - the participants changed their snacks to 56 g of ground almonds daily. Group three - the control group where participants just ate energy-matched muffins once a day. Almonds increase the production of butyrate The study results show that butyrate was significantly higher among participants who ate almonds when compared to those who consumed the muffins. Butyrate is the primary source of fuel for the cells lining the large intestine (colon). When these cells are healthy and effective, the gut microbes flourish, creating a strong gut wall and all the essential nutrients to be absorbed. When the gut wall is weak, it quickly leads to inflammation, and the body cannot absorb all the nutrients it needs. Almonds can help improve constipation problems The researchers observed that eating more almonds can benefit those with constipation problems. Although no difference was observed in gut transit time (the time food moves through the gut), the whole-almond eaters experienced an extra 1.5 bowel movements per week compared to other participants. Commenting on the study results, Professor Kevin Whelan, Head of the Department of Nutritional Sciences at King's College London, said: "Part of the way in which the gut microbiota impact human health is through the production of short-chain fatty acids, such as butyrate. These molecules act as a fuel source for cells in the colon, they regulate the absorption of other nutrients in the gut, and help balance the immune system. We think these findings suggest almond consumption may benefit bacterial metabolism in a way that has the potential to influence human health." Almonds are a great source of fibre The study results also show that consuming more almonds can improve people's diet, providing them with fibre, healthy monosaturated fatty acids, potassium and other important nutrients when compared to the control group who ate muffins as their daily snack. What can you do to increase butyrate levels? The best way to improve your gut microbiome and make it produce butyrate is to eat more plant-based products that are high in fibre, starch and pectin, including whole grains, nuts, seeds, legumes, fresh vegetables and fruits. Replace your bad snacking habits with natural healthy snacks. Buy almonds online at Wholefood Earth and boost your immunity before the cold season.