Kenari Nuts for Business
Bring Kenari to Your Market or Develop Something New With It
Kenari Nuts (Canarium indicum L., synonymous with Canarium amboinense Hoch.), are a distinctive forest nut from Eastern Indonesia, known for their naturally rich, buttery character and potential across a wide range of food applications.
At Kawanasi, Kenari is more than an ingredient. We develop it into consumer products, work with different ingredient formats, and explore new applications and commercial opportunities. Whether you want to bring East Forest to your market or explore Kenari as an ingredient for your own product, we invite you to start a conversation with us.
Bring East Forest to Your Market
An award-winning organic Kenari brand for your portfolio.
East Forest is Kawanasi's organic Kenari brand, created to introduce the distinctive character of Kenari to consumers.
With its range of Kenari products and established consumer positioning, East Forest offers retailers, distributors and other commercial partners an opportunity to bring a distinctive Indonesian product to their market.
If you are interested in distributing, retailing or otherwise working with East Forest, tell us about your business and market.
Develop With Kenari
Explore a distinctive ingredient for your next product.
For food manufacturers, product developers and brands, Kenari offers an opportunity to explore something different.
Kawanasi works with Kenari in a range of ingredient formats and can discuss applications, product-development objectives, technical requirements and commercial possibilities based on your project.
From an existing formulation to a completely new product concept, let's explore what Kenari could bring to it.
Why Kenari?
A Different Nut Creates a Different Product Opportunity
Many food categories are built around familiar ingredients. Kenari offers food businesses an opportunity to work with something less conventional, a distinctive Indonesian forest nut with its own origin, character and story. Its naturally rich and buttery profile makes Kenari interesting for both sweet and savoury applications.
Kenari can be explored for:
✓ Snacks and nut products
✓ Bakery and baked goods
✓ Confectionery
✓ Ice cream and desserts
✓ Nut-based products
✓ Spreads and butter
✓ Flour-based applications
✓ Savoury foods
✓ New product development
For businesses looking for a new ingredient or a differentiated product story, Kenari is worth exploring.
What Can You Make With Kenari?
From a distinctive ingredient to a finished product
Kenari can take different forms depending on the product and application.
Kernel Pieces
For applications where smaller pieces, texture and Kenari's characteristic flavour are part of the product experience.
Dried Kenari
For ingredient and formulation applications.
Kenari Flour
For baked goods, formulations and other flour-based applications.
Kenari Paste / Butter
For spreads, fillings, confectionery and other formulations where a smooth Kenari component is preferred.
Kenari Oil
For food applications requiring Kenari oil as an ingredient.
Finished Kenari Products
Kawanasi also develops finished Kenari products under East Forest, available in 30g and 80g formats, as well as a 2.5 kg format for commercial applications.
Product formats, specifications and availability depend on the application and project requirements, discuss your application →
Why Work With Kawanasi?
Kenari Expertise From Forest to Product
Kawanasi's experience with Kenari extends across the value chain, from its origin in the forests of Eastern Indonesia through sourcing, post-harvest handling, processing, quality, product development and commercialisation.
Deep Kenari Expertise
Kenari is at the centre of Kawanasi's work, giving us practical experience across the ingredient's journey from origin to finished product.
From Origin to Finished Product
We understand the journey from Kenari fruit in the forest through processing and into commercial food products.
Product Development Experience
We don't only work with Kenari as an ingredient. We develop products with it ourselves, including East Forest, our award-winning organic Kenari brand.
Quality & Documentation
For qualified commercial projects, we can provide relevant product specifications, nutritional information, laboratory testing and certification documentation.
Organic Kenari Experience
Kawanasi has extensive experience with certified organic Kenari, including EU, USDA and JAS organic certification.
Commercial Development
We work with businesses interested in introducing Kenari into new products, categories and markets.
Kenari Products & Formats
Different Formats for Different Opportunities
Kawanasi works with Kenari in a range of finished and ingredient formats, depending on the intended application and commercial requirements.
East Forest Kenari Nuts
Our award-winning organic Kenari brand, available in 30g and 80g formats.
2.5 kg Kenari
A larger format for commercial applications and product development.
Kernel Pieces
For applications where smaller Kenari pieces are preferred.
Dried Kenari
For ingredient and formulation applications.
Kenari Oil
For food applications requiring Kenari oil.
Kenari Paste / Butter
For spreads, fillings, confectionery and other formulations.
Kenari Flour
For product development and flour-based applications.
If you have a specific application in mind, tell us what you are developing and we can discuss the appropriate format →
More Than a Supplier
We Develop Kenari, Not Just Supply It
Kawanasi's work with Kenari is not limited to an ingredient catalogue. We have developed Kenari from a distinctive forest ingredient into commercial products for consumers and international markets
Our work includes:
Kenari sourcing and processing
Organic Kenari certification
Product development
Independent laboratory testing
International product development
Regulatory work
Consumer products under the East Forest brand
Ongoing exploration of new Kenari applications
This gives us a practical understanding of Kenari beyond the raw ingredient.
We know where it comes from, how it is handled, how it can be developed, and how it can become a product for the market.
Quality & Technical Information
Information for Commercial and Product Development Projects
Choosing a new ingredient requires more than knowing how it tastes.
For businesses evaluating Kenari, Kawanasi can provide relevant technical and quality information based on the project.
This may include:
Product specifications
Nutritional information
Laboratory testing
Quality documentation
Organic certification documentation
Available product formats
Application-related information
Sourcing requirements
Other technical information relevant to the intended use
Our Kenari nutrition and quality work includes independent laboratory testing covering nutritional composition, fatty acids, amino acids, minerals, microbiological parameters and selected contaminants.
Detailed technical documentation is available through direct discussion with qualified commercial partners, discuss your requirements →
How We Can Work Together
Ingredient Supply
For food businesses looking to incorporate Kenari into an existing product or formulation.
We can discuss the appropriate Kenari format based on your application and commercial requirements.
Product Development
For businesses exploring a new product using Kenari.
Tell us about your product concept, target application and development objectives, and we can discuss how Kenari may fit.
East Forest Distribution & Retail
For distributors, retailers and other commercial partners interested in bringing East Forest to their market.
Tell us about your business, market and portfolio, and we can discuss the opportunity.
Commercial & Brand Projects
For selected commercial projects, we can discuss customised product requirements and potential private-label or other commercial arrangements based on the project.
FROM FIRST CONVERSATION TO COMMERCIAL PROJECT
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Tell us about your business, product, market, application or commercial requirements.
We'll discuss your objectives and determine which opportunity may be the right fit.
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Where appropriate, we can arrange samples for evaluation and product development.
Customers may provide their express freight account details for sample shipments.
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For serious projects, we can discuss the relevant product format, specifications, technical documentation, MOQ and other commercial requirements.
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For product-development projects, we can work with your team to explore the appropriate Kenari format and application.
For East Forest opportunities, we can discuss your market, distribution or retail requirements.
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Once the requirements are established, we can discuss the appropriate supply or commercial structure for the project.
Is Kenari Right for Your Business? Start the Conversation
Whether you want to bring East Forest to your market, explore Kenari as an ingredient, develop a new product or discuss another commercial opportunity, we'd like to hear what you are working on. Tell us about your business, product idea, market or application. We'll discuss whether Kenari could be a good fit and what the next step could look like.