iran produces the most pistachios in the world.
who produces the most pistachios in the world?
iran
in 1998, the "seattle times" reported that pistachio makers in california were unhappy about the fact that israel imported most of its pistachio from iran. the head of iran-china economic room, asadollah asgaroladi said in the article that such transactions are easily possible. based on the article israel imports only a quarter of pistachios from us and about half of its pistachios from britain and germany, whereas these two countries are not producers of pistachio at all and the source is very likely to be from iran. furthermore, in 1998 israeli government punished the hamama brothers co. for illegally importing 105 tonnes of pistachio from iran. israeli newspaper ynet reported in 2007 that us government once again asked israeli government to stop importing pistachios from iran. in 2008 us ambassador to israel, richard h. jones wrote a letter to israel's finance minister ronnie bar-on demanding israel to stop importing iranian pistachios from turkey. similar reports have been published by haaretz.
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in july 2003, the united states food and drug administration approved the first qualified health claim specific to consumption of seeds (including pistachios) to lower the risk of heart disease: "scientific evidence suggests but does not prove that eating per day of most nuts, such as pistachios, as part of a diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol may reduce the risk of heart disease". although a typical serving of pistachios supplies substantial calories (nutrition table), their consumption in normal amounts is not associated with weight gain or obesity.
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