When you bring walnuts home from the store, the best place to store them is in your refrigerator or freezer, depending on when you’re going to use them. If you’re going to use the walnuts right away, place them in your refrigerator. If you’ll be storing them for a month or longer, store them in your freezer.
California walnuts are harvested late August through November and then stored in cold storage to maintain freshness. Walnut handlers shell walnuts as needed throughout the year to fill orders from retailers globally. Keeping walnuts cold and in-shell as long as possible ensures that consumers will receive high-quality, fresh-tasting California walnuts throughout the year.
