Chop and Add to Your Favourite Salad or Yoghurt, Baking, Porridge or Granola. Alternatively Team with our other Nuts, Seeds and Fruits in Homemade Snack Mixes. Walnuts are used in many desserts and baked goods such as cookies, cakes, granola, cereals, energy bars.
 
Walnuts are a rich source of monounsaturated fats and an excellent source of omega-3 fatty acids in the form of alpha-linolenic acid (ALA). 
 
As well as being rich in antioxidants, walnuts are also a good source of manganese, copper, molybdenum and the B vitamin biotin.
 
Many other minerals are provided by walnuts in valuable amounts including 
 
- calcium
- chromium
- iron
- magnesium
- phosphorus
- potassium
- selenium
- vanadium
- zinc.
 
In terms of phytonutrients, walnuts contain antioxidant and anti-inflammatory compounds, including more than a dozen phenolic acids, numerous tannins (especially ellagitannins, including tellimagrandins), and a wide variety of flavonoids. 
 
The form of vitamin E found in walnuts is somewhat unusual, and particularly beneficial. Instead of having most of its vitamin E present in the alpha-tocopherol form, walnuts provide an unusually high level of vitamin E in the form of gamma-tocopherol.