Poppy is a one-year's plant which comes from Asia or from west part of Mediterranean Sea countries. On a large scale poppy is grown in China, India, Iran, Turkey and many countries of Middle East and Europe. Poppy is grown for industrial, curative and food purposes. The poppy fruit is almost round bag, called poppy-head, with holes. It contains the seeds of 0,9 till 1,5 mm diameter and colour depending on the varieties (from dirtily white through red-violet till almost black).[...]

Coconut (cocos nucifera) is a fruit of coconut palm which grows in the tropics. The fruit is round or oval with the weight of 2 kg till 4 kg. The shell is filled with liquid called coconut milk. It is also important for industry (rope, cord or texture production). The nut contains 50 % of water, 25 % of fat, protein, sugar. However the kernel contains 70 % of fat, 15 % of sugar, 7 % of protein and the same of water. It is processed, it means milled to desiccated coconuts. The coconut oil[...]

Almond tree is a typical fruit Mediterranean variety. Botanically it is classified as the member of Rosacea family, Prunus genus, Amygdalus subgenus. Almond trees are very resistant and of long standing, in basin of Mediterranean Sea they live from 60 to 80 years, sometimes even a century. They are also grown in California. In Mediterranean countries the almonds in hard shells are grown traditionally. Most of Spanish grown varieties have hard, non-porous shells, what differs them from Californian[...]

Hazelnuts grow in Europe and Asia. The fruit is the nut called hazelnut, with the round or a little oval shape with hard and bright brown shell. Inside there is edible kernel. They contain about 65% of fat, 16% of protein, 35% of sugar, viatmines and mineral salts, potassium, magnesium and copper. The hazelnuts harvests are in September. Then they are transported to processing plant, where they are sorted because of quality, and where the information regarding the origin, producer etc. is made.[...]

Peanuts come from Brasil. Nowadays they are grown in the tropics and in the subtropics, mainly in China, India and also in USA, Argentina. It is pulse plant, which fruit (hulls) are pushed under the ground and there they ripen. They contain till 50-60 % of fat, 20-30 % of proteins, carbohydrates, cellulose, etc. They occur in different forms: raw and roasted, whole, halves, diced with different sizes, meal, paste. They are used mainly in food industry as the ingredient to cakes, ice-creams,[...]