If you were able to get out of the kitchen and travel to any chef conferences this past fall, you may have seen California Walnuts in action! Two of our favorite shows recently were StarChefs International Chefs Congress (ICC) in Brooklyn in October; and the International Foodservice Editorial Council (IFEC)…

With the New Year comes a new start – and those infamous New Year’s resolutions. Since many of your customers’ goals will be based around health-conscious eating and weight management, we wanted to offer some nutritious, plant-based recipe ideas that are sure to appeal at this time of year. Walnuts…

California Walnuts strives to stay at the forefront of food trends, and we are especially excited to share what we foresee for 2016. We recently identified six of the hottest emerging culinary categories, and developed a recipe for each one. Carefully recipe-tested by a professional like you, these fabulous new…

The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) was signed into law in 2011. It aims to ensure the U.S. food supply is safe by shifting the focus of federal regulators from responding to contamination to preventing it and represents a significant revamp of food safety rules in decades. Below are…

New Study Finds Walnuts May Provide 21 Percent Fewer Calories Than Previously Estimated Using Atwater Method Folsom, Calif., (December 1, 2015) – A new study published in the Journal of Nutrition found that one serving of walnuts (1oz) may provide 146 calories, which is 39 calories less, or 21 percent…

People who replace saturated fats with polyunsaturated fats or high-quality carbohydrates in their diet may live longer and have a lowered risk of heart disease, according to a new Harvard study. People who replace saturated fats with polyunsaturated fats or high-quality carbohydratesin their diet may live longer and have a…