Raw shelled pistachios are pistachios in their most basic state: no shell, no salt, no roasting, with their characteristic green colour. This is the raw material professionals look for when they want to handle roasting, salting or grinding themselves and get exactly the flavour and texture their products need. Palimex, a B2B food wholesaler based at the Rungis international market since 1984, supplies them under its MEYVA brand in a 10 kg bag, a format designed for kitchens and workshops that use pistachios in volume.
Why buy raw rather than roasted pistachios?
Raw kernels leave every processing choice open. A light roast keeps the green colour and a delicate aroma, which is what ice cream makers and fine pastry chefs want; a deeper roast brings out toasted notes for praline or snacks. Salt is dosed recipe by recipe, and grinding gives you your own pistachio flour, paste or cream. Roasted or salted pistachios, by contrast, arrive with a profile fixed upstream. Their milder taste and finer aroma make raw pistachios the natural choice when the pistachio is the star of the recipe rather than a decoration.
To choose between raw, roasted, blanched or ground for each preparation, our pistachio usage matrix goes through the use cases one by one.
Professional uses of raw pistachios
In a professional kitchen, raw shelled pistachios go into a wide range of products:
- Ice cream: pistachio gelato and sorbets, house-made pistachio paste for ice cream bases.
- Pastry: macarons, entremets, financiers, filled croissants and viennoiserie, travel cakes.
- Chocolate and confectionery: pralines, filled chocolates, nougat, inclusion bars.
- Middle Eastern pastry: baklava, maamoul, kadaif and other specialities where pistachio leads.
- Cooking and catering: topping for Mediterranean savoury dishes, pasta, salads, cheese, stuffings and crusts.
- Snacking: granola, bars and custom mixes, after roasting and seasoning in-house.
For trades that work with pistachios every day, our pistachio buying guide for pastry chefs, bakers and ice cream makers helps you size volumes and pick the right product form.
Product sheet at a glance
| Specification | MEYVA raw shelled pistachios |
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| Product | Shelled pistachios, raw, unsalted, unroasted |
| Ingredient | 100% shelled pistachios |
| Packaging | 10 kg bag — bulk trade format |
| Origin (stated on product sheet) | Iran |
| Process | Harvesting, sorting, grading, shelling, packing |
| Storage | Between 15 and 20 °C, humidity below 60% |
| Best before | 3 months |
| Compliance | Non-GMO, non-irradiated, no nanomaterials |
| Allergens | Pistachio (tree nut); may contain traces of peanuts and other tree nuts |
| Reference | 1831 |
Sourcing, food safety and goods-in checks
Pistachios are a sensitive tree nut: like other nuts, they are monitored under EU food law, in particular for mycotoxins such as aflatoxins, whose maximum levels are set at EU level. The European Food Safety Authority provides a clear reference page on aflatoxins in food. In your own kitchen, HACCP practice stays the same: visual and smell check at goods-in, lot and best-before traceability, dry storage away from light.
Raw pistachios leave no room for guesswork: because they arrive unprocessed, the professional keeps full control over the colour, the roast and the salt of the recipe.
To dig deeper into how to choose raw shelled pistachios — grades, provenance, checkpoints — read our dedicated article on sourcing raw shelled pistachios.
Storage and stock rotation
Rich in fat, raw pistachios keep best in a cool, dry room, between 15 and 20 °C and below 60% humidity, away from light and strong odours. Reseal the bag tightly after opening, or decant into closed, labelled tubs. With a 3-month best-before period, rotate first in, first out and size your orders on actual consumption: several close lots beat dormant stock. For longer storage, freezing in airtight containers is common kitchen practice.
Ordering raw shelled pistachios wholesale from Palimex
The 10 kg bag is the standard format for professionals buying raw pistachios as a raw material: fewer handling steps and less packaging than small packs. Palimex sells exclusively to registered businesses — pastry chefs, ice cream makers, chocolatiers, restaurants, caterers, delicatessens — in professional formats from retail bags sold by the case to bulk sacks, with pallet or carriage-paid delivery. Orders can also be collected via Drive & Collect at Rungis, Monday to Thursday 6:30 am to 2:30 pm and Friday 6:30 am to 1:30 pm.
Looking for a pistachio wholesaler for several product forms? The whole range is in our wholesale pistachio category. For regular volumes, lot questions or technical sheets, our team is available on +33 1 46 86 36 33 or at shop.meyva@palimex.fr.
