This plant also grows in Hungary: it is worth gold, yet it is hardly planted

The article provides an overview of the cultivation and consumption of sweet chestnuts in Hungary and on the global market. It highlights the nutritional benefits of sweet chestnuts, which are rich in vitamins and minerals, and notes that their demand is high due to their unique characteristics and taste. In Hungary, the annual harvest varies, with the majority of plantations located in Transdanubia, and the industry faces challenges such as harvest fluctuation and quality variation. Despite these challenges, there is a significant demand for sweet chestnuts in the processing industry and from consumers. The article also mentions the global production of chestnuts, with China being the largest producer, and provides current market prices for sweet chestnuts in Hungary.

The sweet chestnut belongs to the beech family and is not at all closely related to the horse chestnut, which is known to be mildly toxic to humans. This autumn-winter fruit is extremely nutritious and healthy, as it has a high nutritional value and also contains many vitamins and minerals. Special ecological conditions are necessary for the cultivation of the fruit, as it requires wetter weather, higher humidity and acidic soil. Therefore, the traditional domestic production area of the chestnut is the Danube bend, the rainy Western Transdanubia (Vas, Zala and Somogy counties), and Pécs and its surroundings The commodity plantations planted in the 1970s, with a total area of about 450 hectares, have now almost completely disappeared. Even today, most of the annual harvest comes mainly from scattered chestnuts in the groves and wild stands, so the quality is quite heterogeneous. In our country, like the hazelnut, it is typically a small-scale crop, and the number of larger ...