What You Need to Know about Bulk Almonds

Almonds are one of the most versatile and easiest nuts to use. We offer several sizes of bulk almonds for your business. Almonds are by far the most popular tree nut. Almonds are a delightful treat any time of year, whether eaten plain, roasted, blanched, salted, or unsalted. Bulk almond purchases are not only cost-effective, but they can also save you time.

Where Are Almonds Grown?

Almonds are collected and grown all over the world. The bulk almonds we sell are from California, however almonds may be found growing almost anywhere with a mild, Mediterranean-style climate. One of the most diverse things we sell are our almond products. They're offered in natural, blanched, or roasted forms, and can be manufactured in a variety of ingredient styles including sliced, slivered, diced, or ground into meal. All of our almonds are pasteurized as required by law, and as such are ready for further production or immediate consumption.

Health Benefits of Almonds

Almonds are high in vitamin E as well as protein and fiber. Their antioxidant properties and healthy levels of monounsaturated fats make them a popular and healthy addition to any diet, and as such they're such a great addition to your commercial kitchens and production lines. Almonds are essential to a plant-based diet. They're great in breakfast muesli, lunch salads, and a variety of dinner recipes.

How to Store Almonds in Bulk

The ideal storage practices of our almond products can be found on our product spec sheets, located on all of our product listings. Almonds maintain ideal freshness when kept in cool, dry, and odor free storage away from sunlight and any other goods that may harbor insects. Our almond products have a shelf life of 12-24 months when stored between 32-40⁰F with a relative humidity between 60 and 70%. With proper storage of these products and their longevity, there’s no reason why you shouldn’t buy almonds in bulk!

How to Add Almonds to Your Products

Almonds are simple to incorporate into your products that fit into consumers’ everyday diet. They are a great addition to food items in every meal category including breakfast, where they can be included into cereals or muesli. Almonds also go well with lunch and dinner items such as midday salads or pastas.

Almonds are a versatile nut with a subtle sweetness to them. They're equally at home in baked items as they are in savory dishes. You can try:

• Adding sliced or slivered almonds to your breakfast cereals
• Using almond pieces as an inclusion for yogurt toppings
• Slivered or sliced almonds as a muffin topping
• Almond flour in a muffin, cookie, or cake mix
• Making almond milk, for consumers to use in coffees or cereals
• Adding chopped almonds to premade protein salad mixes
• Including almonds for consumers to use as a salad topping

We carry bulk conventional almonds in a variety of sizes including Nonpareil Supreme 27/30, Nonpareil Extra 23/25, Nonpareil Extra 25/27, and more. Browse through our selection of bulk conventional almonds.

We process our almond produce in facilities around the world with plants in Australia, California and Vietnam. We keep the processed almonds in controlled storage conditions at our various warehouses in the United States that comply with international food and safety standards. Our processing operations provide multiple ingredient forms, enabling direct control over every stage of the production process.

We are dedicated to decreasing our environmental impact and giving back to the communities in which we operate. This includes putting money into cutting-edge irrigation systems and establishing pollinator habitats. We're also collaborating with the Australian and California Almond Boards to participate in industry-wide environmental efforts.

Olam sells wholesale almonds in a variety of shapes and sizes to meet the needs of your business. We offer our bulk conventional almonds in different quantities and always ensure the safety and quality of our products. 

Need help finding the almond product to meet your production needs? Please email us at us-en-customersupport@olamnet.com. 

Top facts about Olam’s bulk almonds:

• Great for baking, cooking and snacking
• Shipping solutions to fit your needs
• Flexible product - buy plain, roasted, blanched, sliced, slivered, diced, and more!
• Many different kernel sizes available
• Packed with protein and vitamin E
• Purchase by the carton or pallet
  • 1 carton = 50 lbs
  • 1 pallet of 50 lb cartons = 2000 lbs