Macadamia nuts are the most expensive nuts in the world. A one pound bag can cost around $25, almost twice as much as other nuts like almonds, and they've been breaking price records year after year.

Based on seeds imported from Australia in the 1880s — the resulting trees intended as windbreaks for sugarcane — the Hawaiian macadamia industry took off in the 1920s and by 1938, 1000 ha were under ...

Macadamia nuts are native to Australia's subtropical rainforests. Due to their popularity around the world, macadamias are also now grown in Kenya, Vietnam, Brazil, and Hawaii, among other places.

Medically reviewed by Lindsey DeSoto, RD Medically reviewed by Lindsey DeSoto, RD Macadamia nuts are the fruit of the ...

While indigenous to Australia, macadamia nuts are commonly associated with Hawaii, as it’s one of the few places that can grow this unique tree nut. And aside from its rich history, ...

Ian McConachie has spent much of the past 50 years tramping through the rainforest on the hunt for wild macadamia trees. “Finding a wild macadamia is akin to the thrill of finding gold,” he says. Yet ...

Hawaii has 600+ macadamia nut farmers, but “Hawaiian nuts” also come from Australia and other countries. Credit: AP But today, Australia, South Africa, China and Kenya all grow more than Hawaii.

A majority of the world’s cultivated macadamias are grown in Hawaii, but the crunchy, creamy nuts are in fact indigenous to Australia. In fact, as a recent study has shown, Hawaii’s macadamias ...

Australia is forecast to produce almost 100,000 tonnes of macadamias by 2029. More than 57,000 tonnes were harvested in 2024. Despite a price drop three years ago, growers say they are confident ...

Macadamia nut trees are native to Australia and were introduced to Hawaii in 1881 by a Scotsman who managed a Big Island sugar mill. The first major attempt at commercial planting dates to 1948.