Category/Nuts/Pecan Nuts
The category Pecan nuts describes the edible seed of the Carya illinoinensis.
Product names
The product names should contain the word Walnut or something related. Analysing these product names might help to find wrongly classified products or identify new subcategories. This should be done for each language. A word cloud gives a first impression.
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Categorisation
Super-category
The super (parent) categories of Pecan nuts is:
- Nuts;
- etc.
Sub-categories
These subcategories are orthogonal: a product can be assigned one or more of the subcategories. This category has several subcategories:
- By shell:
- Walnut kernels for Walnuts that have been shelled.
- Fresh walnuts for Walnuts that have their shell.
- By origin:
Related categories
The ingredient Walnut occurs in some 1438 categories. Several categories have Walnut in their name:
- Caramelized walnuts;
- Cheeses with walnuts;
- Chocolate covered walnuts;
- Dry sausages with walnuts;
- Powdered walnut milks;
- Processed cheese with fresh cream cheese and walnuts;
- Walnut and almond cake;
- Walnut-based drinks;
- Walnut butters;
- Walnut creme turrón;
- Walnut ice cream tubs;
- Walnut oils;
Ingredients
The ingredients for Walnuts.
Walnuts
- Minimal ingredients
- Optional ingredients
- Maybe salt and fat
- Disallowed ingredients
- none
Walnut kernels
- Required ingredients
- Optional ingredients
- none
- Disallowed ingredients
- everything else
Fresh walnuts
- Required ingredients
- Optional ingredients
- none
- Disallowed ingredients
- everything else
Production process/labels
not yet looked at
Nutritional information
Walnuts
| lim | min | 10% | med | 90% | max | lim | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Energy (kJ/100g) | 2580 | 2520 | 2730 | 2880 | 2970 | 3160 | 3060 |
| Fat (%) | 44 | 63 | 65 | 68.5 | 75 | ||
| Saturated fat (%) | 2.2 | 5.36 | 6.1 | 7 | 16.1 | ||
| Carbohydrates (%) | 1.8 | 3.9 | 10.5 | 14 | 30 | ||
| Sugars (%) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9.9 | ||
| Fiber (%) | 2 | 5 | 6.67 | 7.69 | 16 | ||
| Proteins (%) | 6.4 | 14 | 15.2 | 17 | 24.4 | ||
| Salt (%) | 0 | 0 | 0.001 | 0.03 | 0.93 | ||
| Fruit (%) | 100 |
Nutrition score
The nutrition score varies between -6 to 15. Most of the products above 5 do not take into account the percentage of nuts in the calculation. If the amount of fiber is missing from the table, the Nutrition score is to large and should be corrected by subtracting 5 points.
Comparing categories
Not relevant.
Quality Monitoring
Generic errors
Superfluous categories
Only the categories that belong to the parents should be present as category. Checking the categories list might help finding wrong one.
Categorisation errors
- Single ingredient check:
- Fresh walnuts should only contain the ingredient Walnut;
- Walnut kernels should only contain the ingredient Walnut;
- Opposites:
- Fresh walnuts and Walnut kernels should not be assigned simultaneously;
- Oneside opposites(these are categories which are incompatible and which are often due to adding an ingredient as a category):
- Mixed nuts - to suppress adding all the different nuts in mixed nuts;
- Nut bars - to suppress walnuts in nut bar error;
- Chocolate covered nuts - to suppress chocolate covered nuts;
- Dried plant based foods - to suppress any dried fruit;
Nutritional errors
- Energy envelope check
- Fat envelope check
- Saturated fat envelope check
- Carbohydrates envelope check
- Sugars envelope check
- Fiber envelope check
- Proteins envelope check
- Salt envelope check
Sales format
Walnuts are sold by:
- package - pre-packed in the nuts aisles;
- weight - in the bulk aisles;