A research team at the URV has developed a method that can identify nuts that have gone bad due to oxidation. The technique ...

After harvesting hazelnuts, producers typically need to figure out what to do with the leftover shells. A by-product of hazelnut production, these husks were once buried or burned. Today ...

Hazelnuts are globe-shaped or oval nuts up to 2cm/1in long with a hard brown shell. They grow in most parts of Britain, but cobnuts (a type of wild hazelnut) are particular to Kent. Most of the ...

The technique uses infrared light to determine the chemical composition of hazelnuts without even removing them from their shells. The new system overcomes the limitations of traditional methods ...