Dry Roasted Australian Macadamia Nuts 1KG - $42.64 + Delivery @ Macnuts

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Dry Roasted Australian Macadamia Nuts 1KG - $42.64 + Delivery @ Macnuts
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JetBombat on 19/01/2025 - 08:44 macnuts.com.au (772 clicks)
Last edited 19/01/2025 - 08:59
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Nice deal on mac nuts from a Co-Op of Australian growers. Not associated in any way, just best tasting products in my opinion.They did 15% off previously and now it is 18% off for next few days, too good not to share.

These ones are not salted, check out Dry Roasted & Salted Macadamia Nuts if you like those.

Shipping by AusPost, cost depends on location and weight, calculated and displayed at checkout.

Computer brain explains why mac nuts are good:

Health Benefit Description
Heart Health The monounsaturated fats may help lower total and LDL cholesterol levels, potentially reducing heart disease risk
Blood Sugar Control Low in carbs and sugar with moderate fiber content, macadamia nuts may help prevent blood sugar spikes
Weight Management The protein, fiber, and healthy fats may promote feelings of fullness and support weight loss efforts
Gut Health The soluble fiber acts as a prebiotic, feeding beneficial gut bacteria
Antioxidant Properties Rich in antioxidants like flavonoids and tocotrienols that may protect against cellular damage
Potential Anti-Cancer Effects Some compounds in macadamia nuts may have anti-cancer properties
Brain Health The tocotrienols may help protect brain cells from oxidative stress

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Comments

  • bobzor on 19/01/2025 - 08:50
    +12

    1.2kg for $46 at Woolies

    • 00 on 19/01/2025 - 09:09

      Australian?

      • AustriaBargain on 19/01/2025 - 09:13
        +2

        Yes, grown here anyway https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/productdetails/380791

      • chutibuti on 19/01/2025 - 09:14
        +2

        Carries "Product of Australia" logo

        • rheags on 19/01/2025 - 09:23
          +5

          Though at least one states sorted in China, most of the others don't say.

          Crazy that it is cheaper for them to harvest in Australia, ship them to China for processing and then ship them back to Australia to be sold.

          https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/productdetails/766471/woo…
          inside Australia Made logo states 'sorted in China'

          • M00Cow on 19/01/2025 - 09:26
            +4

            @rheags: you've obviously never had a macca nut tree.
            you exert more energy retrieving the nut then the energy stored in it!

            • vash5 on 19/01/2025 - 09:31
              +1

              @M00Cow: Isn't that most food?

              • M00Cow on 19/01/2025 - 09:49
                +4

                @vash5: apple, orange, carrot, banana, etc.

                Macca nut you need to open the green leathery outer part witha knife, then the next hard brown layer needs a hammer, it meed to be placed in a cement crack /divot so it doesn't roll away. Then you need to firmly but also gently tap the nut, get a crack happening, then move that to the top, give some more form taps, nut not too hard or you'll crush it and you'll have nut infused with hard shell. but you need to tap it hard enough to crack the shell.

                • vovka on 19/01/2025 - 10:16
                  +1

                  @M00Cow: I don't think you harvest green nuts.

                • We on 19/01/2025 - 12:07

                  @M00Cow: Should that be part of “sorting” or “making”, considering its complex and lengthy steps. It shouldn’t be labeled as Australian Made if that’s the process of making the product.

                • mangoed on 19/01/2025 - 13:21

                  @M00Cow: The described process of extracting the kernel (hammer, cement crack, gentle tap, more taps) has nothing to do with industrial macadamia processing where precision machinery is used. The more expensive and advanced machines have very low damage rate. Do you really believe there's a bunch of poor Chinese with hammers shelling the nuts for you at the factory? Even at home, if you invest in a simple manual tool like this cracking macadamia becomes quick and almost effortless.

          • Xizor on 19/01/2025 - 09:37
            +1

            @rheags: It's not. It's just the retailers, as with most things these days, charge as much as they can get away with. You can generally buy Aussie Macadamia around $30-$40 a kilo normally online from select retailer and a few direct from farm type places.

            • brocky2006 on 19/01/2025 - 09:53
              +1

              @Xizor: I generally get them here, but not really many flavours. Just roasted/honey/raw.

              https://marquis.com/buy-macadamia-products/

              • Xizor on 19/01/2025 - 09:55

                @brocky2006: Same :) Unfortunately their shipping isnt great these days so you need to buy bulk. Also they seem to have reduced what they have online as when i last ordered, and visited their physical site, they had several other varieties.

                • brocky2006 on 19/01/2025 - 10:00

                  @Xizor: Yeah, usually buy 4-5kg at a time to make it worth while.

                  There was another place that did heaps of flavours and were good nuts but I can't remember where I got the to buy again

              • reacher on 19/01/2025 - 12:59

                @brocky2006: Did the nuts come in pieces or whole?

            • Wolfenstein98k on 19/01/2025 - 11:56
              +1

              @Xizor: Everyone has always charged as much as they can get away with.

              How many jobs have you worked where you offered to work for a lower salary? Or do you charge as much as you can get away with too?

              • Xizor on 19/01/2025 - 13:14

                @Wolfenstein98k: Some outlets take the piss, a bit like you are. Competition or lack there of (including exports), marketing perception vs reality, and general consumer trends of being more vocal yet less informed all contribute excessive pricing. The point is to put in just a tiny effort to use your noggin with who you hand over your hard earned, not blindly reward excessive pricing that only further perpetuates it.

          • whyisave on 19/01/2025 - 11:20

            @rheags:

            Crazy that it is cheaper for them to harvest in Australia, ship them to China for processing and then ship them back to Australia to be sold

            Globalized corporations are doing their part in slowing down glaciers melting.

  • su27km on 19/01/2025 - 09:45
    +1

    I think nuts about life is cheaper and Australian ones as well.

    • Xizor on 19/01/2025 - 09:54
      +1

      Customer support from them is dodgy. Sent us bad product then ghosted us.

      • amsaini15 on 19/01/2025 - 10:06

        I have never experienced any problem with customer service of nuts about life over the years. Once shipping was showing $25 when nearby suburb was free, they corrected delivery charges for me.
        I only buy from them when on special like I bought salted macadamia from them in Nov last year for $25 per kg.

        • Xizor on 19/01/2025 - 10:22

          Lucky you. Never getting my business again. Thankfully plenty of alternatives out there.

      • lbreav on 19/01/2025 - 10:08

        Yeah, I bought bulk with them and got some pretty dirty nuts.

    • reacher on 19/01/2025 - 13:03

      I wouldn't touch them, last time they did a special on macadamia nuts, it smelled spoilt, i end up throwing it out

      Normally buy from santos nuts, but their price has since increased a lot

  • emmsumg on 19/01/2025 - 09:53
    +14

    Aldi has/had it on special buys for 33.32 kg on 15th Jan… https://www.aldi.com.au/special-buys/special-buys-wed-15-jan…

  • lbreav on 19/01/2025 - 10:09
    +1

    Cheaper at Marquis, as linked by @brocky2006
    https://marquis.com/buy-macadamia-products/

    Don't know about relative quality.

    • wenbin on 19/01/2025 - 10:23

      I bought from them. No problems with the nuts.

    • sistermay on 19/01/2025 - 11:36

      Not when you add their delivery costs, especially when you only want to buy 1 or 2 kgs only.

  • BatmanAU on 19/01/2025 - 10:10
    +4

    Computer brain explains…. hahaha funny.

    Macadamia nuts MAY have, MAY protect, MAY help, can we get anymore May's in their, sounds like a snake oil ad

    • bigbadboogieman on 19/01/2025 - 10:20
      +1

      MAY improve ability to find better bargains.

      • BatmanAU on 19/01/2025 - 10:23

        May help me pick the PowerBall numbers to win $100million

  • vovka on 19/01/2025 - 10:23

    Same price here without any "bargain deal"
    https://www.medowiemacadamias.com.au/crunchy-macadamias-350g…

  • Saywhatold on 19/01/2025 - 10:43
    +34

    Allow me to shed some light on the Macadamia industry. People enjoyed it when I did it for olive oil the other day.

    Here in Australia, a macadamia grower will currently receive $3.30 AUD/KG for "nut in shell" (NIS) delivery to a processor. 80% of Australian macadamias are exported and the USD is used for export contracts with the current spot price around $14.50 USD/KG ($23 AUD/KG) for kernels. The international trade price is a pretty good indicator for cost of production + 5% profit.

    On average, price of production for a grower is about $3.00 AUD/KG for NIS. Its lower for larger farms with older trees (trees >10 years yield more) and you need a higher price for smaller farms and younger trees. But if a grower is receiving above $3/KG for nuts, they'll be making a profit. The 3 big regions for growers are Bundaberg (most profitable, lowest costs), followed by Northern NSW (around Lismore) and some smaller regions in SEQ. Northern NSW and SEQ have higher costs than Bundaberg growers. But $3/KG to make a profit is broad brush strokes.

    The price a processor is paying $3.30 AUD/KG nut in shell is technically set at a kernel mass yield rate of ~33%. That is to say, after the processor takes the "nuts in shell" and harvests the kernel, the kernel on average weighs about 33% of the total mass of the nut. If your net kernel is lighter, you get paid a discount rate.

    The big cost in macadamias isn't production of the nut, it is processor costs. They need to dry the nuts to lower moisture. Then crack the nuts, process, sort, bag etc. Good luck trying to get a fixed price per KG for this process, but it's probably around about $3 AUD/KG for a processor.

    So for an "average" processor - their costs are $3.30AUD/KG for nut in shell. They then absorb $3 AUD/KG to process from nut in shell to kernel. The nuts also lose about 10% moisture in the process. At a 33% kernel weight, minus 10% moisture, the processor has absorbed about $6.30 AUD/KG for 300 grams of kernels.

    So I would be pretty confident in stating, cost of production for 1KG of kernels is about $21 AUD/KG for raw kernels. Many consumers enjoy a roasted and salted nut, which would add a further $1-2 AUD/KG (ingredients, labour, energy, loss of further moisture).

    So yeah, Coles/Woolworths are probably buying nuts at around $23 AUD/KG from the processor. Retailing them around the $35-$40/KG mark. A 30-50% mark up is pretty conventional for a retailer.

    Edit: I also should have noted. The growing trend of alternative oils has been a great thing for the macadamia sector. Right now small and chipped kernels are almost a waste product. Consumers want big nuts (phrasing) so small and chipped kernels are worth far lower than the price of production, they cost the processor money, and they're almost a waste product. The growth of the avocado and macadamia oil sector is a great outcome as those unwanted kernels can be sold for oil pressing and you get an amazing oil out of it. I've never personally used macadamia oil in my cooking, but people apparently love it as an olive oil substitute for salads and cooking.

    Edit #2: I should have taken this opportunity to remind everyone. The macadamia tree is native to Australia. Many consumers think it is native to Hawaii. It is only indigenous to Australia. Almost the entire international macadamia sector derives from a single Australian tree which a few decades ago had cuttings taking from it and those cuttings were grafted onto root stock and replicated and replicated and replicated.

    • whyisave on 19/01/2025 - 11:23
      +5

      I find your posts interesting and wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

      • Saywhatold on 19/01/2025 - 12:22
        +1

        Always keen to talk agricultural supply chain logistics!

        • alcadive on 19/01/2025 - 13:17

          Are you in the industry or is this a hobby?

    • tavk on 19/01/2025 - 11:41
      +1

      Great insight. Thanks for taking time to write this.

    • HeyThereJim on 19/01/2025 - 11:55
      +1

      Could you link to your olive oil post?

  • Jackson on 19/01/2025 - 11:01

    costs more than lamb cutlets…

  • Thrifty Dan on 19/01/2025 - 11:19
    -2

    That deal is NUTS!

  • trevor99 on 19/01/2025 - 11:33
    +1

    Great product but the price is not a deal.

  • Wootwootwoot on 19/01/2025 - 11:53

    Only problem is a bit too energy dense

    • HeyThereJim on 19/01/2025 - 11:56

      If you're dieting you should be staying away from most whole nuts and seeds anyway.

      • Wolfenstein98k on 19/01/2025 - 12:09

        No, unless you can't restrict your calories elsewhere to make up for them. They're calorie dense but nutrient dense also.

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