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Tigernut
Tigernut
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Tigernuts are a whole-food tuber traditionally consumed in Spain and West Africa, providing fiber, monounsaturated fats, and resistant starch. They are not tree nuts despite the name.
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52 products
What it is
Small tubers of Cyperus esculentus (chufa), a sedge plant used as food and to make horchata de chufa.
Whole-food ingredient; flour, milk alternative, and snack.
What regulators actually say
"Nuts, tiger - conventional food entry in USDA FoodData Central."
Regulatory status
United States — FDA
Conventional food
European Union — EFSA
Conventional food in EU
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