Nutritional value and health benefits of cashew apple

Cashew (Anacardium occidentale) has received both local and international recognition due to its expanding production capacity, trading, nut utilization. The cashew apple, which forms about 90% of the total fruit weight, is left on farmers' fields as agricultural waste owing limited knowledge health benefits, a lack technical know-how processing equipment, high perishability astringent taste. Numerous studies have been conducted exploring nutrients contribution apple human nutrition. This paper reviewed recent articles nutritional composition benefits apples for easy accessibility readership. contains good amounts vitamin C, sugars (fructose sucrose), fibers, flavonoids, carotenoids, polyphenols, volatile components, flavanols, amino acids, minerals, such potassium, magnesium, sodium, iron, are maintaining strong immunity, scavenging free radicals, neuropathic functioning, cardiac maintenance body skin integrity. associated with weight loss, diabetic patients content flavonoids (myricetin quercetin). Consumption value-added products confer health, therapeutic effects in management diabetics cardiovascular diseases, also ensure food nutrition security. It hoped that this review will contribute significantly aimed at promoting utilization globally.