Almond Living Magazine

Beat the Heat with Almond Summertime Treats

While the summertime temperatures in California’s almond growing region often reach the high nineties and even into the hundreds, almond trees thrive in the warm California sun. Perfectly suited to the state’s Mediterranean climate, California produces over 80 percent of the world’s almonds each year. This California almond community is driven by family farmers and processors. In fact, of California’s...

Celebrate Your Favorite Heart-Smart Nut on Almond Day!

Happy Almond Day! Almond Day is celebrated annually on February 16, in conjunction with Heart Health Month, because almonds and heart health go hand in hand. In fact, scientific evidence suggests that eating 1.5 ounces of most nuts, such as almonds, as part of a diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol may reduce the risk of heart disease! Worldwide...

Almonds + Honey: A Sweet Pairing

Every almond you eat exists because a honey bee pollinated an almond blossom, but did you know the bees benefit, too? Almond orchards provide honey bees with their first natural food source each year, supporting a healthy start to their pollination season. Just like almonds are a nutritious snack for us, almond pollen is very nutritious for honey bees. Bee...

Almond Milk, from Orchard to Carton

Almond milk has proven to be a satisfying option for people who are looking to avoid lactose; eat fewer animal products or less soy; get less saturated fat and cholesterol, and, in the case of unsweetened almond milk, watch their calories or sugar. We know more consumers are interested in the environmental impact of their beverages, and we’d like to...

Almond Board-Funded Research: Simple Swap-In of Almonds Can Add Up to Big Nutrition

Did you know that 92 percent of Americans snack sometime throughout the day, 1 and, often, more than once? So when you think about it, your snacking choices can be key to making or breaking an eating pattern. A recent study 2 funded by the Almond Board of California (ABC) and published in Nutrition Journal modeled the effects of replacing...

Ode to Almond Milk

February is a month filled with expressions of love. To celebrate in February and beyond, California Almonds is sharing all the things to love about almonds, including a consumer favorite: almond milk. Consumers have many choices when it comes to their health preferences and needs. We celebrate those choices with all the versatility almonds have to offer. As a special...