Create allergy card
← Browse ingredients

Cashew Cream

Cream-like ingredient made from cashews.

Cashew Cream — illustrative ingredient image

About Cashew Cream

Cashew cream is a smooth, cream-like preparation made by blending softened or unsoftened cashew kernels with water. It is used in sauces, soups, dips, desserts, fillings, and other dishes that benefit from a dairy-free creamy base or a rounded nut flavour.

It usually tastes mild, buttery, and gently sweet, with a texture ranging from pourable to spoon-thick. More water produces a thinner cream, while extended blending makes it smoother. Straining removes remaining fine particles and gives a more uniform finish.

Cashew cream is generally pale ivory. It may be made from plain or roasted kernels and can include salt, sugar, spices, or other flavourings. Soaking, blending, straining, and adjusting the water ratio change its thickness, smoothness, colour, and flavour.

Ingredient type
derived ingredient
Form
cream

Forms & related ingredients

FOLLOW IT TO THE PLATE

Where will you meet it?

Explore the dishes that use this ingredient and their country and cuisine connections.

Explore linked dishes

ON A MENU OR LABEL

Find local names and written forms to help recognise this ingredient.

See local names

Where cashew cream appears

0 linked foods

Find foods to recognise by country and type. Recipes and products vary; these are recorded ingredient connections.

Food connections are still being added.

No linked foods are available for this ingredient yet.

Name examples awaiting language review. Confirm the specific food or product.

Local names for cashew cream

Names and romanised forms to recognise on menus and labels.

English

cashew cream

Available names only. Languages may be spoken in other countries; a name alone does not identify every ingredient in a dish.

Cashew Cream nutrition & diet

Cashew Cream nutritional value

Representative benchmark: Cream, thickened, regular fat (~35%)

Representative nutrition benchmarkOfficial table values for a comparable food category, not a laboratory measurement of this exact ingredient.

Per 100 g of 100 g edible portion in the named official reference form.

Calories
339.9kcal
Protein
2.0g
Carbs
2.4g
Fat
36.5g

Representative benchmark from a comparable official food-composition category; it is not a laboratory measurement of this exact ingredient. The displayed reference form must be considered, and species, cultivar, recipe, brand, processing and preparation can change values.

Portions & preparation

Identify whether cashew cream is a blended cashew-and-water preparation or a packaged culinary cream. Use the prepared serving rather than dry cashews, and account for straining, added oil, salt, sweeteners, or thickeners when interpreting recipe portions.

Compare the right form: Match references to the prepared cashew cream form, including its cashew-to-water ratio, straining, and any oil, salt, sweetener, or thickener.

Diet considerations

Cashew cream is plant-derived when prepared from cashews and water alone. Dairy, broth, honey, or other animal additions change compatibility, while packaged versions may include cereal-derived thickeners or flavorings. The recipe, processing, and serving context should be checked rather than assuming every cashew cream is identical.

AI-authored reading notes · Awaiting editorial review. Measured values, where available, have a separate source above.

Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Not established
  • Vegetarian
    Not established
  • Pescatarian
    Not established
  • Keto
    Not established
  • Paleo
    Not established
  • Low-carb
    Not established
  • Halal
    Not established
  • Kosher
    Not established
What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Vegetarian · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Pescatarian · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Keto · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Paleo · Not established
The ingredient form and processing have not been assessed against this dietary pattern.
Low-carb · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Halal · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
Kosher · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish kosher status.

For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.

Reviewed ingredient entryIngredient reference · Preparations vary

AI-generated illustration for visual context. It does not identify a particular product or establish allergen content.

Sources & review

Nutrition reference: Australian Food Composition Database, Release 3 — F003270 ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.

Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.

The ingredient description and dish connections come from the draft catalogue and may change after review.

Last recorded verification: .