TECHNICALLY ALMOND IS THE SEED, NOT THE FRUIT, OF THE ALMOND. FROM THE MANY VARIETIES OF ALMONDS IN OUR TERRITORY, THE MOST KNOWN ARE: TUONO, FERRAGNES AND TESSITORA ALMONDS. ANOTHER DIFFERENCE IS THAT OF SWEET AND BITTER ALMONDS. SWEET ALMONDS CONTAIN: UNSATURATED FATS, PROTEINS, MINERAL SALTS, AND VITAMINS IN PARTICULAR VITAMIN AND, IN ADDITION, THEY CONTAIN MAGNESIUM WHICH IS A TRUE TOUCH FOR THE NERVOUS SYSTEM.
ALMOND CAN BE NATURAL AND PEELED AND CONSTITUTES A FUNDAMENTAL INGREDIENT IN KITCHEN, PARTICULARLY IN PASTRY; IT IS AN IMPORTANT PRODUCT THAT IS PART OF THE MEDITERRANEAN DIET.