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Style 0 – Jumbo Whole Kernel
Style 1 – Large Whole Kernel
Style 1M – Medium Size Whole Kernel
Style 2 – A mix of Whole and Halves
Style 4 – Kernel halves
Style 5 – Large Pieces
Style 6 – Medium Pieces-Size Pieces
Style 7 – Small pieces
Style 8 - Meal
Macadamia Dry In Shell (DIS)
Macadamia Oil
Our plantations are located at altitudes that fluctuate from 2,000 to 4,500 ft above sea level. The average temperatures are 15°C (59°F), the lowest, and 28°C (82°F), the highest, and the average daily temperature is 24°C (77°F). We have soils rich in volcanic nutrients which create optimal conditions for the ideal growth of trees and fruit. Due to favorable climatic conditions, the farms produce nuts all year long.
Nuts WIS (wet-in-shell) with a range between 16-22% moisture content arrive from the orchards to the processing plant. They are sampled and analyzed for quality and placed into drying tanks for 8 – 10 days until the nuts reach a kernel moisture content of 1.5%.
Nuts are mechanically cracked to remove the hard shell. Then a mechanical selection process takes place with shaker screens, air separators and electronic color sorters.
The kernel goes through a final hand selection process before being prepared for packing and export, upon approval of our quality control department.
The kernel is vacuum packed in plastic bags and placed into 25 lbs.-carboard boxes (11.34kg), to then be stored in refrigerated warehouses inside our processing plant prior to export.
Founded in 1972, Mayan Gold (Industria Guatemalteca de Macadamia, S.A.) is a family business which has grown to become a leader in the nut industry. Today it is one of the largest and most dependable supplier of high-quality macadamia nuts in the world.
Our orchards are located along the south coast of Guatemala, directly supplying our processing facility with the majority of the nuts we process. In addition, we also secure product from select independent growers that we have worked with over many years.
Macadamia trees thrive in the rich volcanic soils of Guatemala’s Pacific South coast combined with the tropical rainfall patterns throughout the year, allowing for the ideal growing conditions to produce the highest quality nuts for which Mayan Gold Macadamia has become so well known.
Industria Guatemalteca de Macadamia, S.A. Diagonal 6, 10-65, zona 10 Centro Gerencial Las Margaritas Torre 1, 14th Floor Guatemala, Guatemala, C.A. 01010 Telephone +(502) 2386-5700 Email: info@mayangold.com.gt
