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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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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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