Category/Nuts/Pecan Nuts
The category Pecan nuts describes the edible seed of the Carya illinoinensis. Pecan nuts are sold untreated (plain) and treated (toasted and/or salted).
Pecan nuts have Nutriscore A, due to the very high amount of fiber and proteins, which compensates the saturated fat and energy. Nova 1.
Product names
The product names should contain the word Pecan nut 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 treatment:
Related categories
The ingredient Pecan nut occurs in some 640 categories. Several categories have Walnut in their name:
Ingredients
The ingredients for Pecan nuts.
Pecan nuts(plain)
- Minimal ingredients
- Optional ingredients
- none
- Disallowed ingredients
- none
Pecan nuts(roasted)
- Minimal ingredients
- Optional ingredients
- salt
- Disallowed ingredients
- none
Pecan nuts(salted)
Production process/labels
not yet looked at
Origin
The origin of Pecan Nuts is shown in the pie chart. Note that many origins have not yet been transcribed from the images.
Nutritional information
Nutritional profile
Pecan nuts without salt and oil
| min | 10% | med | 90% | max | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Energy (kJ/100g) | 2690 | 2890 | 3000 | 3180 | 3220 |
| Fat (%) | 64 | 70 | 72 | 73.3 | 76.9 |
| Saturated fat (%) | 3 | 5.6 | 6.2 | 7.14 | 11 |
| Carbohydrates (%) | 2.9 | 4.3 | 5.8 | 14.3 | 15.4 |
| Sugars (%) | 2.2 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 5 |
| Fiber (%) | 2.9 | 5.5 | 9.5 | 10.7 | 13.8 |
| Proteins (%) | 7.8 | 9.2 | 10 | 11 | 16 |
| Salt (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.025 | 0.8 |
| Fruit (%) | 100 |
Nutrition score
The median Nutrition score is -1. Thus Pecan nuts are Nutri Score A.
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:
- Plain pecan nuts should only contain the ingredient Pecan nut;
- Opposites:
- Plain pecan nuts and Pecan nuts(salted), Pecan nuts(roasted) 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 detect adding all the different nuts in mixed nuts;
- Chocolate covered pecan-nuts - to detect chocolate covered nuts;
- Caramelized pecan-nuts - to detect caramelized nuts;
Nutritional errors
Sales format
Pecan nuts are sold by:
- package - pre-packed in the nuts aisles;
- weight - in the bulk aisles;
Completing data
Extracting data
- Nutritional values: products for which the nutritional values can be extracted from the associated image;
- Ingredients: products for which the ingredients can be extracted from the associated image;
Hunger Game
Unclassified images of Pecan nuts.
Issues
A few other subcategories could be defined, but have few products at the moment:
- Dry roasted pecan nuts for pecan nuts that are roasted without oil;
- Flavoured pecan nuts for pecan nuts that have additional speces added;
- Halved pecan nuts
- Crushed pecan nuts
- Unshelled pecan nuts