【 Objective】 To explore the differences in nutritional composition of different nuts and evaluate the nutritional quality of nuts comprehensively.
【 Method】 Totally six common nuts including walnuts, almonds, pecans, caschews, hazelnuts, and macadamia nuts were used as the research objects, their total nutritional and functional components and their fatty acid composition and the index were analyzed and evaluated. Amino acid composition and ratio coefficient of different nuts were analyzed, and the nutritional quality of different nuts was comprehensively evaluated using “The Three-Degree Model”. 【 Result】 The nuts and nut oil are rich in various essential nutrients required by the human body, and they also contain various bioactive ingredients. There are varying degrees of differences in the composition indicators of different types of nuts and nut oils. Quality evaluation results showed that nuts and nut oils are rich in unsaturated fatty acids and they have low AI and TI values, which can effectively prevent chronic diseases such as cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Nuts have a complete range of essential amino acids and high protein nutritional value and cashew has the highest ratio coefficient score among them .【 Conclusion】 From high to low, the nutritional value of six types of nuts is walnuts, cashew nuts, almonds, pecans, hazelnuts, and macadamia nuts which were calculated by the three-degree model. The research results can provide reference for enterprises and consumers to match nutrient balanced nut combinations and classify and grade the nutritional quality of nuts.