Cashew nuts are a specialty of Vietnam and are exported to many countries around the world. But so far, few people know that it is the opposite (in many places also known as peach kernels) that is discarded as waste that is a food containing a lot of nutrients beneficial to human health. What's wrong with the military? Currently, when harvesting cashews, farmers only take the seeds, the fruit is discarded. Mr. Dang Hoang Giang - General Secretary of the Vietnam Cashew Association - said: “Binh Phuoc province is the capital of Vietnam's cashew tree. Cashew acreage in Binh Phuoc province accounts for about 50% of the total cashew acreage in the country. If each hectare of cashew, if the weather is favorable, an average of 2 tons of cashews are used for processing and exporting, the amount of cashews will be about 6 tons. However, because there is no source of income for processing cashews, most of the harvested cashews (after the gardener collects the seeds) are discarded right at the garden." Indeed, cashews are very perishable, within 24 hours of not being used for anything, discarded cashews will ferment, rot and spoil themselves. Ms. Do Thi Lan - owner of a 10-hectare cashew garden in Thach Mang hamlet, Tan Loi commune, Dong Phu district, Binh Phuoc province said: "During the cashew harvest, my family collects about 100 kg of fresh cashews every day. , accompanied by about 250-300 kg of ripe and juicy cashews. However, the fruit does not know what to use, only knows how to pour it into the tree as fertilizer." Master Nguyen Phu Thuong Nhan - working at the University of Agriculture and Forestry in Ho Chi Minh City, said: "In fact, it is undeniable that the cashew fruit has many uses, the nutritional composition of the fruit is also very good. For human health, when using cashew fruit as a food Cashew fruit can be used to produce fruit juice, jam, vinegar and when technology develops, products made from cashew nut more diverse. Many processes have been industrialized to convert cashews into a number of products such as juices, jams, syrups ... ". Doctor of Linguistics Ho Xuan Mai (Southern Institute of Social Sciences) said: “I have worked many times in Binh Phuoc province. Wandering in many localities in the province such as: Dong Xoai city, Phuoc Long town, Binh Long town, Bu Dang district... everywhere there are vast cashew forests. Every cashew harvest season, we witness thousands of tons of cashews thrown away as waste products, but regret it. Contrary to which there are so many uses and nutrients for human health, why haven't any individuals or organizations have a plan to purchase and process them into products for human consumption?". What's wrong with the military? According to scientists, cashews have many health benefits. At many scientific analysis results, it was shown that the succulent part of cashew fruit contains 10% sugar, vitamin C with high content (261.5mg in 100g of edible portion), 5-6 times more than in other parts of the world. fruits like oranges, lemons, bananas… However, a harsh reality, still no unit really interested, invested in processing this specialty fruit of Binh Phuoc province into a commodity for business. There used to be a few individuals and organizations that processed cashews into a number of foods and drinks, but only at the level of a single trial, that's all. And, for many years now, in Binh Phuoc province, every year, hundreds of thousands of tons of post-harvest cashews are still ... abandoned as a type of waste, thrown in the garden, after each harvest of cashew nuts. Product line from cashew meat, why not? According to Mr. Dang Van Ha, an officer of the Science and Technology Center of Binh Phuoc province: "Currently, the market for products processed from ripe cashew fruit has not been exploited yet. In terms of food processing technology, we completely "reduce" the residual tannin content in the cashew fruit, causing the fruit to spoil quickly; still ensure the integrity of nutrients so that it can be processed later. turn cashews into foods, drinks ... beneficial to human health". In the past years, Binh Phuoc province has implemented a number of research projects on cashew fruit in order to take advantage of this by-product in the food processing industry such as: wine, cashew vinegar, cashew jam... However, these studies This study is still limited, the main reason is that it is not possible to completely eliminate the residual tannin content in the fruit juice. Ripe cashew fruit contains more than 80% juice, reducing sugar content accounts for about 10%. However, in the juice of the cashew fruit, there is a residue of polyphenols, which causes a bitter, bitter taste in each cashew fruit. This is what makes cashews not a commercial fruit like other fruits. Leaving the wrong thing is really "the golden thing" In order to overcome the above limitation and determined to make cashew nut become a popular raw material for food processing. Recently, Binh Phuoc Department of Science and Technology has implemented a cooperation program with Nguyen Tat Thanh University (Ho Chi Minh City). What's wrong with the military? Binh Phuoc province has cooperated with Nguyen Tat Thanh University to turn Binh Phuoc cashew nut into a raw material for food and juice production. Accordingly, Binh Phuoc province and Nguyen Tan Thanh University will jointly implement the project "Applying scientific and technological advances, building experimental production models of value-added products from cashew meat. in Binh Phuoc province". Scientific experts of Nguyen Tat Thanh University will study a project to remove acrid substances in cashews. After the astringent is removed, the cashew fruit will be processed into 3 products: dried cashew jam, soluble cashew powder and cashew juice. With 3 project goals. One is : Research on technology of preliminary processing and preservation of fresh cashews and juice from cashew fruit, drying and preserving of dried fruits in accordance with the needs of processing. Second : Research technology to remove unsuitable substances; building technology models, equipment for the production of cashew jam, nutritional powder and cashew fruit beverage. Third : Survey and evaluate product quality according to the tastes of consumers and according to Vietnamese standards. What's wrong with the military? The first batch of dried cashews made a flexible cashew jam. Mr. Bui Van Hieu - Vice Chairman of Phu Rieng district, said: "The potential for developing the food processing industry from cashews in Binh Phuoc province is very large. In the coming time, we hope that businesses interested in the cashew industry, who have been successful with cashew nut processing and export projects and factories, will not ignore cashews. The fact that organizations and businesses really focus on research and development of cashew products will contribute to boosting the local economy, increasing income for hundreds of thousands of cashew farmers in Binh Phuoc province. . Certainly, the cashew fruit will no longer be abandoned as a discarded product, but the real "golden cashew fruit" will eliminate hunger and reduce poverty for Binh Phuoc farmers.