Behind the Nuts | Asher's Nuts

Meet the Team: Madagascar Vanilla, the Point Guard

Real vanilla extract comes from the bean, while vanillin is a single compound, mostly made synthetically. We use the real thing.

Our 70% dark chocolate is made from three organic ingredients, with no soy lecithin. Here's why 70% is the sweet spot.

Salt is the smallest ingredient in the jar, and it changes how everything else tastes. Here's the science of salted chocolate.

Desiccated coconut never makes the box score, but it gives the spread body without palm oil or stabilizers.

We use Ceylon cinnamon, not cassia: it's softer and more floral, and it contains far less coumarin.

A little raw honey rounds off the 70% dark chocolate. It's still a sugar, so we use just enough: about 3 g total sugars...

Macadamias make the blend creamy. Walnuts give it backbone, plus more plant omega-3 ALA than any other common tree nut.

Macadamias are the first ingredient and the reason the spread is so creamy. Here's what they bring to the team.

Asher's Nuts starts with nuts, not sugar: a macadamia and walnut base, 70% dark chocolate and six more ingredients. Here's the whole roster.