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The nuts of the species Corylus avellana are included in the hazelnuts because they are derived from the same species of hazel.They are also known as filberts.A cob is about 15–25mm long and 10–15mm in diameter, with an outer husk surrounding a smooth shell and a filbert being twice as long.After seven to eight months after pollination, the nut falls out of the husk.The kernels of the seed can be eaten, roasted, or ground into a paste.The seed has a thin, dark brown skin, which can be removed before cooking.

Products such as chocolate bars, cocoa spread, and Frangelico liqueur are made with hazelnuts.Hazelnut oil is used as a cooking oil.Turkey is the world's largest producer of nuts.[3]

The nuts are rich in many essential vitamins and minerals.[4]

Evidence of large-scale nut processing, some 8,000 years old, was found in a midden pit on the island of Colonsay in Scotland in 1995.The pit contains the remains of hundreds of thousands of burned hazelnuts.Hazelnuts have been found on other sites, but rarely in such quantities or concentrated in one pit.The nuts were dated to circa 6000 BCE.Only two sites in Britain are similar to the one on the Isle of Man.[4][5]

This discovery sheds light on planning and activity in the period.All of the hazel trees were cut down at the same time as the nuts were being harvest.The lack of large game and the large amount of activity on the island suggest that the community on Colonsay may have been vegetarian.The pit used to be on a beach close to the shore and was associated with two smaller stone-lined pits.[5]

The traditional method to increase nut production is called 'brutting', which involves prompting more of the tree energy to go into flower bud production, by snapping, but not breaking off.A plat is the traditional term for an area of cultivated hazelnuts.

Confections made with hazelnuts include pralines, chocolate truffles, and hazelnut paste products.In Austria, hazelnuts are an ingredient for making torte.In Kyiv cake, crushed hazelnuts are sprinkled over its sides.Dacquoise, a French dessert cake, has a layer of hazelnuts.In Turkish and Georgian cuisine, the snack churchkhela and sauce satsivi are often used with walnuts.Muesli is also made with hazelnuts.The nuts can be eaten fresh or dried.[7]

25% of the global supply of hazelnuts is used by Ferrero SpA.Almost seventy percent of the world's hazelnuts come from Turkey, where illegal child labour is common.The spread came under pressure after it was found that migrant child labour is used on many hazelnut orchards in Turkey, the main supply source.While it does run programmes aimed at removing child workers from farms, the complexity of the supply chain means it is unable to say with certainty whether or not any children pick some of its hazelnuts.It was 9 and 10.

In a 100 gram reference amount, raw hazelnuts give 2, 630 kilojoules of food energy and are a rich source of vitamins and minerals.

The table shows the high amounts of vitamins and minerals found in hazelnuts.There are several B vitamins.Significant amounts of vitamins K, calcium, and zinc are in lesser amounts.

In a 100 gram amount, hazelnuts are a significant source of fat.Saturated fat, mainly as palmitic acid and stearic acid, makes up 7% of the total.[4]

There are many different types of hazel, including 'Atababa','Barcelona' and 'Delle Langhe'.Some of these are grown for specific qualities of the nut, such as large nut size, or early or late fruiting, whereas others are not.Most of the commercial hazelnuts are from root.The common hazel and filbert are related.[13]

In the United Kingdom, a specific cultivated variety of Kent cobnuts is the main variety that is eaten green.There is a national collection of cobnut varieties at Roughway Farm.Children used to play a game in which they would tie a string to a hazelnuts and use it to hit an opponent on the head, which is why they are called cobnuts.[15]

The harvest of hazelnuts takes place in mid-autumn.The trees have nuts and leaves.Commercial growers wait for the nuts to drop on their own, rather than using equipment to shake them from the tree.The harvesting of hazelnuts can be done by hand or mechanically.There is a citation needed.

The sweeper, harvester, nut cart, and forklift are the four primary pieces of equipment used in commercial harvesting.The sweeper moves nuts into the center of the rows, the harvester lifts and separates the nuts from any debris.The nut cart holds the nuts picked up by the harvester, and the forklift brings a tote to load the totes for the processor.There is a citation needed.