After harvesting hazelnuts, producers typically need to figure out what to do with the leftover shells. A by-product of hazelnut production, these husks were once buried or burned. Today ...

Hazelnut shells are being used by archaeologists to reconstruct ancient woodlands, a new study has shown. Scientists have devised a method of analyzing preserved hazelnut shells to find out ...

A tiny burnt hazelnut shell found on the Threave Estate near Castle Douglas has been radiocarbon dated back to the Mesolithic period. It was discovered during the Galloway Glens' Can You Dig It ...

Hazelnut shells, leaves, and husks contain bioactive compounds that could be utilized in developing functional ingredients for health applications, such as diabetes management. This research ...

Hazelnuts are globe-shaped or oval nuts up to 2cm/1in long with a hard brown shell. They grow in most parts of Britain, but cobnuts (a type of wild hazelnut) are particular to Kent. Most of the ...

What Are Hazelnuts? Hazelnuts, also known as filberts, are small, round or oval-shaped nuts enclosed in a hard, woody shell. The shell must be cracked open to reveal the delicious kernel inside.