Hammons Fancy Large Black Walnuts - Wild Harvested - Non-GMO - Gluten-Free - High Protein - Keto Snack - Nut Pieces for Cooking and Baking - 24oz

Buy these and never eat grocery store walnuts again. Tastes exactly like the wild ones my grandfather would collect in Iowa.

I am a health "nut"! Good health in retirement is my highest priority. Black walnuts contain three main components that make them beneficial when consumed – antioxidants, polyunsaturated fats, and phenolic compounds. The walnuts also contain a range of other nutrients that includes fiber, protein, melatonin, and folate, which is a type of B vitamin. So I highly recommend eating black walnuts for this reason. However, I will say that they have an odd flavor, but it is not bad. I crush them and add them to kombucha, in order to remove anti-nutrients. I do the same thing with chia seeds and other nut flours (as part of a Keto diet) If you are overweight, do some research (podcasts etc.) about insulin resistance, intermittent fasting, exercise program and Keto diet; don't rely on drugs to manage your problem--take the initiative. I wish you good health! FYI: The best thing you could do for your health is to stop eating any sugar. It is poison for your body. I learned that truth from a Chinese Book of Health back in the early 80's.

I continue to purchase these black walnuts as I love the taste.

Excellent quality 👌

I had bought a small bag of Hammons black walnuts in a natural-foods store some years back, and they tasted just like the ones I grew up with -- a richer, more robust flavor than regular walnuts. So in January of '21 I ordered an 8 ounce bag of Hammons black walnuts from Amazon, and they were good too. At that point I felt confident that Hammons was a reliable brand, so in April of '22 I ordered a 24 ounce bag, but they had a horrible, solvent-type taste and after-taste (as one reviewer said, "like spray paint"). I just came across a one-star review for the 8 ounce size by wild-foods author "Wildman" Steve Brill, pointing out that this horrible taste is exactly what results from leaving the in-shell nuts inside their decaying outer husks. (Note: this cannot occur in "English" walnuts because the ripe in-shell nuts fall free of their outer husks.) Other reviewers describe the nuts as having a "moldy" taste. Nevertheless, the great majority of reviews are quite positive, so I have come to the conclusion that Hammons has poor quality control. Presumably the nuts come from a number of growers and/or wild-collectors, and the company doesn't do enough spot-checking. At today's prices, I really can't justify doing it for them. Several reviewers complain that they didn't get halves. That's because it's basically impossible to get intact halves from a black walnut. The shell's inner membranes wrap around the nutmeat's lobes so that the best you're likely to get is quarters, and even those are rare. This is why I've been buying black walnuts despite there being several trees in our meadow. (Another reason for small pieces: some of the Hammons packages are billed as "recipe ready," meaning the nuts are in uniformly small "chopped" pieces.) One reviewer wonders where Hammons gets their black walnuts, considering that the tree is "extinct." Maybe they're thinking of the American chestnut, which is nearly extinct. But black walnut trees are all over the place here in rural Indiana, and after my recent experience, I may go back to harvesting my own!

Came quickly and very fresh

Tasty, quality, relatively economical

Black water is a good source of vitamins and minerals and omega-3 oil

These are not easy to find anywhere. They taste great.

The bag I ordered is very fresh. I will order again when they are available.

American Black walnuts are considerably milder than Canadian Black Walnuts. I was disappointed in the flavour.