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pistacios production & consumption11 Jul 2017
Production
| Top Pistachio Producers in 2014 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| | (metric tonnes) | ||
 Iran | | ||
 United states | | ||
 Turkey | | ||
 Chaina | | ||
| | | ||
In 2014, Iran and the United States were the major producers of pistachios, together accounting for 76% of the total world production (table).
Consumption
The kernels are often eaten whole, either fresh or roasted and salted, and are also used in pistachio ice cream, kulfi, spumoni, historically in Neapolitan ice cream, pistachio butter, pistachio paste and confections such as baklava, pistachio chocolate, pistachio halva, pistachio lokum or biscotti and cold cuts such as mortadella Americans make pistachio salad, which includes fresh pistachios or pistachio pudding, whipped cream, and canned fruit.
