source for bulk nuts?

[fransean]

I tried searching but am not coming up with anything recent.

I am looking for an online source for bulk nuts and dried fruits (some I do myself) specifically raw almonds and raw cashews.

TIA
Bev

[Harry Chickpea]

We've been in a similar situation. We tried to get bulk pecans and found a lot of them to be rancid and old. Currently, those available are about $3.50/lb crushed with shells, and WalMart has them $5/lb for clean halves. Guess who wins? Almonds are also $5/lb for the holidays if you hit the sale at Walgreens. Walgreens also has cashews at prices no one can match - currently something like $3/can. This is the season to do a yearly stocking when you see the loss leaders.

[sgl42]

i've ordered from www.bulkfoods.com before (about 2 yrs ago). the nuts were good. the best prices seem to be when you order about 5# worth of each type of nut. they have raw, roasted, etc. if you order enough, you get cheap shipping. (more than $75, get shipping for $5)

online orders are always a tradeoff between higher per unit pricing and shipping costs. if you find a place very close to you, you can often get cheaper prices and low shipping costs, but i've never been that lucky.

--sgl

[whodunit]

Unless it is specifically noted, any nuts out of CA are by law likely pasteurized by some type of gas or heat so they are not really "raw". I've heard stories of almonds rotting when people tried sprouting them, since they are basically dead.

[BetsyK in Mich]

Try www.clnf.org The store is in Pullman, MI. Our food coop buys from them and they have lots of healthy foods. You could look around for a food coop too.

[paintlady]

Try azurestandard.com. Their stuff is always fresh.

[springvalley]

Well you sure came to the right place looking for bulk nuts, there are a few of us here on this site, lol. (get a sence of humor guys) I just had to do this, you all have a nice day and Happy Thanksgiving. Thanks Marc.

[Cabin Fever]

My mother buys us pound after pound of nuts from Midwest-Northern Nut Company. Luckily for her (and us), the company is only a few miles from where she lives. Luckily for you, the company also does internet ordering!

[Drizler]

We used to buy that sort of stuff from the local co op. Many places have them and do monthly orders ect. They do bulk for all sorts of stuff like spices, dried fruit, cheese and other stuff like that. Many you have to join or sometimes volunteer your services helping out occasionally but the prices are worth it.

[Michael Kawalek]

Originally Posted by whodunit

Unless it is specifically noted, any nuts out of CA are by law likely pasteurized by some type of gas or heat so they are not really "raw". I've heard stories of almonds rotting when people tried sprouting them, since they are basically dead.

I don't think so. I read Luther Burbank's original horticultural texts and read how he used almond seed to sprout his rootstock for his famous grafting projects.

I decided to do the same thing and sprouted store-bought almonds bought here in California to grow seedlings for grafting. I think people's problem is that they didn't realize that almonds need winter chill to set their "clocks" before they'll sprout, so maybe that is why they gave up on them. By the way, other seeds that won't sprout till winter is over are peach, apricot, and chestnuts. I've succesfully sprouted all of them from store-bought produce the spring following when I seeded them. I've successfully grafted peaches, apricots, and Japanese plums onto my almond seedlings.

By the way, look in your local phone book for wholesale suppliers. I stopped in to the retail front of a local supplier and got a price of 147$ for 50 lbs of raw almonds. That works out to 2.94$ per pound.

[solidwoods]

Plenty of bulk nuts on Craig's list.
Just check the politics forum area.

hey , I don't care who you are, that's funny.
jim

[fransean]

Thanks for all the input. We live in the UP of MI so our local choices can be somewhat limited! I did find out there is a Co-op in town that I will have to explore (we are new here). Somewhere there is supposed to be a health food store but I have yet to find a listing anywhere of the name or address.
I will check out all the links posted.

[annabella1]

I was gonna say www.nutsonline.com but somebody beat me to it. thats where I get all my nuts and they have great prices on chia seeds.

[Lazy J]

When I saw the name of the post my first thought was "They must have a lot of Bolts laying around"

:-)

Jim

[miboje]

There is a seller on eBay. His almonds are not heated. He is also the grower. I think they were $2.79 lb. last time I purchased. Sorry I can't remember the username. Something like gaspare, maybe.

[coso]

Talk to a local cattle farmer right before he works cattle. Should be able to get quite a few that way.

[NCLee]

Do you have a Sam's Club or Lowes Food near you? Those are the two places where I buy the things you mentioned. Food Lion here has put out their bulk nuts for this year. I haven't done any price checking yet, so don't know how prices compare this year.

BTW, I use Lowes foods for all the things I put into my homemade granola.

Lee

[ladycat]

Originally Posted by Harry Chickpea

We've been in a similar situation. We tried to get bulk pecans and found a lot of them to be rancid and old. Currently, those available are about $3.50/lb crushed with shells, and WalMart has them $5/lb for clean halves. Guess who wins? Almonds are also $5/lb for the holidays if you hit the sale at Walgreens. Walgreens also has cashews at prices no one can match - currently something like $3/can. This is the season to do a yearly stocking when you see the loss leaders.

Back in July or August, I ordered bunches of $1 coupons and got beaucoup small bags of raw free nuts by combining with sales. I ended up with 15# or so that way (no, not a lot, but I didn't try to get a lot because I already had 50# or so. I could have gotten plenty more if I had wanted to).

I get free nuts at CVS all the time. Not raw, but who can argue with FREE. Last week alone, I got 28 cans. Most were 10oz deluxe mix (no peanuts), but I also got a few 10oz cashews and 11oz smoked almonds.

I give away a lot of nuts.

Originally Posted by Drizler

We used to buy that sort of stuff from the local co op. Many places have them and do monthly orders ect. They do bulk for all sorts of stuff like spices, dried fruit, cheese and other stuff like that. Many you have to join or sometimes volunteer your services helping out occasionally but the prices are worth it.

Our co·op lost their supplier.

It's no disaster, because as it turns out, I can get organics much cheaper by couponing than I could get wholesale bulk through the co·op.

[Cliff]

Costco carries raw almonds, pecans, pine nuts and walnuts in two lb bags (think pine nuts are 1 lb.) They're always fresh. I noticed the last time I bought almonds that they were pasteurized, don't know if that's a relatively new thing or not but I never noticed it before.

[ladycat]

Originally Posted by Cliff

I noticed the last time I bought almonds that they were pasteurized, don't know if that's a relatively new thing or not but I never noticed it before.

It's the LAW. There was a huge hulabaloo about that when they made that mandatory, and the fight continues.

As of September 1, 2007, the mandatory law for 4-log pasteurization of raw almonds became effective in the United States. Currently, in general, raw almonds are pasteurized by using propylene oxide, where 4-log pasteurization is achieved in almost three days. Almonds can also be pasteurized using other thermal and non-thermal methods, such as high temperature steam.

http://www.ars.usda.gov/research/pub..._no_115=242476

The fight against this law began before it was passed, and has not let up.

A federal judge has rejected challenges to a law requiring mandatory pasteurization of almonds to reduce risk of salmonella contamination.

http://www.foodnavigator-usa.com/Leg...eurization-law

Raw Almond Fight Continues Despite Legal Setback

Oddly, imports into the U.S. of foreign nuts are exempt from the rule, as are exports shipped from the U.S. to other countries.

http://www.rawfoodsnewsmagazine.com/...rticle&sid=218