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Palm-Nut Paste

A thick ground preparation of palm nut, used as a cooking base or spread.

Palm-Nut Paste — illustrative ingredient image

About Palm-Nut Paste

Palm-nut paste is a thick preparation made by crushing or milling edible palm-nut tissue into a cohesive mass. It is used as a cooking base, seasoning component, or spread, especially when a concentrated palm flavour and dense texture are useful. Its character depends on the palm tissue and on whether water or other ingredients are added.

The paste may be smooth, coarse, firm, or soft. Fine milling and straining produce a more uniform spread, while coarse grinding leaves particles and can retain more fibre. A dry, concentrated paste is denser and more intensely flavoured than one loosened with water or cooked into a sauce.

It is generally sold or prepared as a dense mass, with colour ranging from pale to yellow, orange, or reddish brown. Crushing, milling, dilution, straining, and cooking alter its particle size, firmness, spreadability, and concentration. It is thicker than a typical cream and different from loose palm-fruit pulp.

Ingredient type
paste

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Palm-Nut Paste

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Palm-Nut Paste nutrition & diet

Palm-Nut Paste nutritional value

Representative benchmark: Sauce, not further specified

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
116kcal
Protein
1.6g
Carbs
25.9g
Fat
0.4g

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

Use a reference matching ground palm nut paste rather than palm butter, nut spread, or palm-nut cream. Serving size and grinding method matter, as do roasting, dilution, and additions such as oil, salt, sugar, spices, stock, or other ingredients in the cooking base.

Compare the right form: Match a thick ground paste made from the identified palm species and edible tissue, distinguishing roasted, raw, diluted, and seasoned versions.

Diet considerations

Palm-nut paste is plant-derived when the paste contains only palm tissue and permitted plant ingredients. Compatibility changes with added dairy, meat, fish, shellfish, stock, or animal fat. Recipe versions may include cereal thickeners, sweeteners, coatings, or other blended ingredients, so the complete formulation requires review.

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
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  • Low-carb
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  • Halal
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  • Kosher
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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.

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: Pacific Nutrient Database 2020 — 01.1.9.3.9_98 ↗. 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.

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