An edible dry fruit or seed enclosed with a hard shell that protects the kernel or meat inside. Usually, the shell is removed and surplus and only the kernel, known as the nut, inside is the item to be eaten. Nuts are obtainable shelled or unshelled and the shelled nuts are obtainable blanched or unbalanced, whole or even chopped, halved, minced, raw, oil roasted, dry-roasted, salted, unsalted, and coated with a ice cream flavoring. Nuts are also accessible ground as powders or butters. Some ordinary varieties of foods referred to as nuts comprise: almonds, cashews, chestnuts, hazelnuts, hickory nuts, macadamias, peanuts, pecans, pine nuts, pistachios, soy nuts, sunflower seeds, and also walnuts