Pacific Nut Producer Magazine

Category: Pistachios

  • Wonderful® Pistachios No Shells Sea Salt & Vinegar Named Top Nutritious Nut

    Wonderful® Pistachios No Shells Sea Salt & Vinegar Named Top Nutritious Nut

    Wonderful® Pistachios No Shells is thrilled to announce the latest awards received for one of its newest flavors, Sea Salt & Vinegar. A tart and tangy snack, Wonderful Pistachios No Shells Sea Salt & Vinegar has been selected as a winner in Good Housekeeping’s 2021 Healthy Snack Awards in the Nutritious Nuts & Legumes category, and has won Gold for “Best Savory Snack” in Delicious Living magazine’s 2021 Best Bite Awards for Consumer Choice. The new flavor was also named the “Most Innovate New Product” in the Salty Snacks category at the 2021 Sweets & Snacks Expo.

    Launched in March 2021, Wonderful Pistachios No Shells Sea Salt & Vinegar has just the right amount of sea salt and vinegar for an ideal balance of sour and savory. Wonderful Pistachios No Shells contain 6 grams of plant protein per serving and is one of the highest quality protein snack nuts on the market.

    In addition, Pistachios are known for their protein power, fiber and better-for-you unsaturated fats for a combination that may help keep you feeling fuller longer. All of this makes Wonderful Pistachios a delicious and nutritious snack perfect for on-the-go, road trip adventures, or anytime snacking.

    The Good Housekeeping 2021 Healthy Snack Awards highlight innovative snacks in the food space that meet the publication’s nutritional criteria (including caps on per- serving calories, sugar, and sodium). Good Housekeeping’s in- house registered dietitian and team of nutrition experts in the Good Housekeeping Institute’s Nutrition Lab rigorously analyzed ingredient lists, Nutrition Facts labels, packaging claims and flavor profiles of hundreds of snacks to find the best of the best. Consumer testers also weighed in on taste and provided additional real-life analysis.

    The Delicious Living annual Best Bite Awards recognizes the best food products that prioritize flavor and clean ingredients, with Consumer Choice Awards (voted on by natural health shoppers) and Retailer Choice Awards (voted on by natural health retailers).

    The Sweets & Snacks Expo’s highly coveted Most Innovative New Product Awards recognize companies for their achievements in introducing innovative candy and snack products to the market over the past two years. The submitted products were judged by retail and category thought leaders from leading retailers like Costco, Walgreen’s, and 7-Eleven.

    “Life is better lived with a bit of flavor. Our complete No Shells lineup adds a little zing or spice to snack time, and to the snack aisle, in a nutritious way,” said Adam Cooper, senior vice president of marketing, The Wonderful Company. “With the plant protein of Wonderful Pistachios, consumers can fuel their summer adventures or satisfy at-home cravings with a tasty, healthy snack.”

    This latest recognition adds to the growing list of accolades for Wonderful Pistachios No Shells flavors, which include Good Housekeeping’s 2020 Healthy Snack Awards for No Shells Honey Roasted, Men’s Health Snack Awards for No Shells Chili Roasted, Health Magazine Snack Awards for No Shells Chili Roasted, and 2020 SnackNation Insights Award for “Best Nut or Trail Mix” for No Shells Honey Roasted, amongst others.

    Since launching the new BBQ and Sea Salt & Vinegar No Shells in March 2021, Wonderful Pistachios has seen record weekly growth, further solidifying consumer demand for healthy and high-quality snacks. Wonderful Pistachios No Shells is available at retailers nationwide and online, allowing snackers to make healthy choices every day.

    For more information about Wonderful Pistachios, please visit GetCrackin.com, on Facebook at /WonderfulPistachios, and Instagram at @WonderfulPistachios.

    About Wonderful Pistachios

    Wonderful Pistachios is the world’s largest vertically integrated pistachio processor and marketer. Located in California’s Central Valley, our nuts are Non-GMO Project Verified, providing a smart, healthy choice for consumers around the world. Our nuts can be found in stores nationwide and online under the flagship brand, Wonderful® Pistachios. For more, visit: getcrackin.com, or follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

    Wonderful Pistachios is part of The Wonderful Company, a privately held $5 billion company that also has iconic brands such as Wonderful® Halos®, FIJI® Water, POM Wonderful®, JUSTIN® Wine, and Teleflora®. To learn more about The Wonderful Company, visit www.wonderful.com, or follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. To view the current Corporate Social Responsibility report, visit www.wonderful.com/csr.

  • Pacific Nut Producer July Issue

    Pacific Nut Producer July Issue

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    Pacific Nut Producer July Issue

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    Contents of the July Issue:

    Learning, Sharing & Growing the Hazelnut Industry
    Perrott Farm to be Featured at Summer Hazelnut Tour
    Nuts & Bolts
    Nut Industry News Briefs
    July Orchard Tasks
    Almonds, Hazelnuts, Pecans, Pistachios, Walnuts

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  • Pacific Nut Producer June Issue

    Pacific Nut Producer June Issue

    Pacific Nut Producer June Issue

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    Contents of the June Issue:

    Almond Alliance Holds Convention
    Critical In-Person Discussions on Water, Trade & Public Perception
    Nuts & Bolts
    Nut Industry News Briefs
    June Orchard Tasks
    Almonds, Hazelnuts, Pecans, Pistachios, Walnuts

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  • Pistachios Included in New $159.4 Million USDA Food Assistance Purchases

    Pistachios Included in New $159.4 Million USDA Food Assistance Purchases

    The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced it will purchase up to $159.4 million in domestically produced seafood, fruits, legumes, and nuts for distribution to a variety of domestic food assistance programs, including charitable institutions. These purchases are being made utilizing funds under the authority of Section 32 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (Pub. L. 74-320), as amended (Section 32). This is one of many actions USDA is taking to address the disruptions in the food system supply chain and worsened food insecurity resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.

    “The impacts of COVID-19 reverberated from our farms to our oceans,” said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. “U.S. fisheries and the American seafood industry were dealt a heavy blow. Today, USDA is pleased to make the largest single seafood purchase in the Department’s history. These healthy, nutritious food purchases will benefit food banks and non-profits helping those struggling with food hardship as the Biden Administration works to get the economy back on track for American families.”

    Selected commodities include: Alaska pollock, apricots (canned, dried, and frozen), chickpeas, dry peas, Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic wild-caught shrimp, lentils, navy beans, Pacific pink shrimp, Pacific rockfish fillets, Pacific whiting fillets, pistachios, prepared peaches, and sockeye (red) salmon. The inventories of these commodities are in high oversupply due to a decrease in demand because of the COVID-19 pandemic and disruption in the supply chain, as restaurants and other outlets closed during the pandemic. This is the largest purchase of U.S. raised seafood by the USDA to date.

    Within a few days of approval, USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service will offer these commodities to their networks. Orders should be received during the first week of June with solicitations being issued mid-June and awards occurring near the end of the month. Deliveries should start to occur by mid-August.

    Solicitations will be available electronically through the Web-Based Supply Chain Management (WBSCM) system and on the Agricultural Marketing Service’s website at www.ams.usda.gov/selling-food. To be eligible to submit offers, potential contractors must meet the AMS vendor qualification requirements and be domestic operations.

    The purchase amounts are as follows:

    USDA also announced today a policy change that makes food fish and other aquatic species eligible for the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honey Bees and Farm-raised Fish Program (ELAP) under the USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA). Previously, only farm-raised game and bait fish were eligible for death loss ELAP benefits. Beginning June 1, eligible aquaculture producers can request ELAP assistance for 2021 losses. This policy change is for the 2021 and subsequent program years. You can learn more here.

  • Pacific Nut Producer May Issue

    Pacific Nut Producer May Issue

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    Contents of the May Issue:

    Matthew Malcolm Appointed Editor
    New Duties to Benefit PNP and the Nut Industry
    Erickson Family Farms & Three Erickson Partners
    Diversified Farmers Sustain Soils, Trees & Employees
    New Farm Advisor Spotlight
    Doug Amaral & Giulia Marino to Support Tree Nut Growers
    May Orchard Tasks
    Almonds, Hazelnuts, Pecans, Pistachios, Walnuts

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  • Report Shows Significant Economic Impact of Pistachios

    Report Shows Significant Economic Impact of Pistachios

    The western pistachio industry has a much bigger impact on the nation and world than people may realize.  In addition to providing a healthy and nutritious snack to consumers across the world, the US Pistachio industry has a significant impact on the economy as well, as recently measured in a study by economist Dennis Tootelian.  Watch this brief interview as he shares the results of his study, and read more about it in Pacific Nut Producer Magazine.
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  • CA Pistachio Growers and Processors Create $5.2 Billion Impact on State’s Economy

    CA Pistachio Growers and Processors Create $5.2 Billion Impact on State’s Economy

    American Pistachio Growers — As California pistachio growers and processors shell out money to grow protein-packed nuts, they generate a whirlwind of economic activity throughout the Golden State. That’s the conclusion of economic impact studies commissioned by American Pistachio Growers (APG) and conducted by The Tootelian Company to quantify how spending by growers and processors sparks business activity, grows jobs and labor income, and contributes indirect business taxes.

    In California, the dominant force in U.S. pistachio production with 98 percent of the nation’s supply and more than 485,000 planted acres in 2020, the data show a significant and growing impact that ripples through the economy of the Golden State.

    47,200 jobs & $5.2 billion in economic output generated in 2020

    “When a grower spends money, that creates new business for other organizations, which means jobs and labor income, and it also creates business taxes,” said Dennis H. Tootelian, who conducted the study. California growers and processors spent more than $2.8 billion in 2020, averaging more than $7.7 million a day. In terms of total economic impact, the best measure of economic activity, the data show the state’s growers and processors created $5.2 billion in economic output, the equivalent of more than $10,000 every minute in 2020.

    California’s pistachio industry resulted in more than 47,200 jobs on a full-time equivalent basis in 2020. Grower spending generated more than 21,000 jobs and processor spending generated nearly 26,200 jobs, according to the data.

    Tootelian found that nearly $2.5 billion in labor income was generated by California growers and processors in 2020. “These dollars are diffused throughout the state’s economy as workers spend their income on an array of goods and services,” he added.

    56 percent growth in California acreage 2016-2020

    A significant factor driving economic impact in California since his last study in 2016 has been grower investment in new pistachio plantings. From 2016 to 2020, Tootelian noted that growers

    added 173,540 acres of pistachios, an increase of 56 percent. This surge in acreage, alone, resulted in nearly $1.9 billion in economic impact to California. 

    “The real wow factor in this whole thing is the huge jump in acreage in the last four years.

    Growers’ investment in new acreage equated to more than $5.1 million per day and $10,777 per acre,” Tootelian said. “This meant more than 16,800 jobs, nearly $883.7 million in additional labor income, and nearly $68.4 million in added indirect business taxes.”

    The data calculated the total indirect business taxes from California growers and processors at $191.9 million in 2020, or the equivalent of $525,000 per day.

    “The impact of the economic output of the pistachio industry in California is huge in the agriculture sector, but it also permeates nearly every other sector in the state — from real estate, construction, insurance, professional services and retailing,” said Tootelian.

    Pistachios contribute to Arizona and New Mexico economies

    For the first time, Tootelian gathered data and analyzed the economic impact of growers and processors in Arizona and New Mexico in 2020. While pistachio production in the two states is modest by comparison to California, Tootelian’s analysis revealed significant economic benefits from spending by growers and processors in Arizona and New Mexico.

    The data for Arizona’s pistachio growers and processors show total expenditures of $49.1 million in 2020, total economic impact of $91.8 million, the creation of 915 jobs and $39.6 million in labor income, and $3 million in indirect business taxes. Total pistachio acreage in Arizona is about 9,500 acres.

    For New Mexico, expenditures by growers and processors totaled nearly $2.7 million in 2020, total economic impact was $4.5 million, the industry created 38 jobs and generated $1.9 million in labor income, and the state’s growers and processors created nearly $148,000 in indirect business taxes. Pistachio acreage in New Mexico is about 600 acres.

    “Our members are rightly proud of the role they play in boosting economies across their respective states,” said APG President Richard Matoian. “While this study showed 485,000 acres of pistachios throughout California in 2020, new data shows the growth continues with 523,000 acres already in 2021.”

    “American-grown pistachios are valued in international markets for their exceptional quality and food safety,” said Judy Hirigoyen, APG VP, Global Marketing. “The new acreage will help supply consumers worldwide as dietary patterns shift to sustainable, plant-based proteins.”

    The 2020 study by Tootelian, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of Marketing at CSU-Sacramento, is a follow-up to a similar study conducted for APG in 2016. His analyses were conducted for net total expenditures by growers and the net variable expenses of processors. He completed economic impact studies using 2020 data for California, Arizona and New Mexico, the three states that comprise U.S. commercial pistachio production.

    American Pistachio Growers is a non-profit trade association representing more than 800 growers and member processors in California, Arizona, and New Mexico.

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  • Pacific Nut Producer April Issue

    Pacific Nut Producer April Issue

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    PNP April Issue

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    Contents of the April Issue:

    Harris Family Enterprises
    From Humble Beginnings to Successful Business
    Almond Alliance 39th Annual Convention
    Registration Is Open for This In-Person Event
    Orchard Views
    Patrick Cavanaugh Retires
    April Orchard Tasks
    Almonds, Hazelnuts, Pecans, Pistachios, Walnuts

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  • Satellite Imagery Reveals Startling Difference in Pistachio Bearing Acreage

    Satellite Imagery Reveals Startling Difference in Pistachio Bearing Acreage

    Knowing how much acreage of a crop has been planted is a very important factor in preparing to bring it to market, and the pistachio industry has recently invested in satellite imagery to get a better picture of how many acres of pistachios and bearing-pistachios are actually out there.  The analysis has recently come in and revealed some interesting adjustments in the stats that growers should know about.  Watch this brief interview with Richard Matoian, President of American Pistachio Growers, as he shares some of the results, and read more about it in Pacific Nut Producer Magazine.
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