Frazão, Carlos. Castanha do Brasil. Belém: [s.n.], 1935. 73 p.

24 of calories it can supply ·to the system, and the cost at which it can be obtained. The vitamins contained .{n nuts are those com~ monly found in ali oily vegefable matter and on which depends the health, growth and resistance of individuais. The purity coefficient of . the "Brazil Nut" is considerably high, and .never inferior to 99º/o, due to the fact of the nut being covered by a protec– ting skin and snel.l. l)poo being released from this cover they .are . quickly packed, the invasion of impurities depending more- on • the people· em- ployed than ·on the fruit itself: . The nuts that have beert a1ialysed by the "Commercial ·Mµseum· _of Pqrá" . were found to contain the following nutritive substances: Protein . . . . . • . . Fat. Salts ... · .... · . Catbo tiydrates Water . · . .. ·..... · ... · , 17 % 67 % . 4 % 7 ¾ : 5. >% Although the · point of fusion · of the oi! has not yet beén a~certaiped, it i~ b~l[eve not to exceed the temperature of the human body. That being the case we are assured of the satisfactory digestibility of sarne, the proof being based on the frank occeptançe of the nut as a fruit foc d of easy digestion as demonsfrated by the yearly increase of figure3 shown by the statistics of exports. The nutritive value oi the ' "Brazil Nut'' is the formula: 17 1 . 7 . t67x 2, 4) 9,87