Hand-harvested chilgoza from forests that touch the sky — graded, sealed and shipped to your market anywhere in the world.
High on the cold, north-facing slopes of the Hindu Kush and the western Himalaya, the chilgoza pine — Pinus gerardiana — clings to the rock between 2,000 and 3,350 metres.
Its cones ripen only once a year, late in autumn, and they don't give up their seed easily. There is no machinery up here. Harvesters climb the trees by hand, ease the heavy cones loose, and carry them down the mountain to be cured, cracked and graded.
It is slow, deliberate work in some of the most pristine forest left on earth — and it is the only way this nut has ever been gathered.
The chilgoza is unlike the round pine nuts most markets know. It is elongated and cylindrical, sheathed in a thin, almost papery shell that cracks open to a soft, ivory kernel — sweet, resinous, and buttery, with no roasting required.
We control the nut from the moment it leaves the mountain to the moment it reaches you — so what you order is exactly what arrives.
Every consignment is tied to one harvest region. You always know which forest your nuts came from.
Sorted, cleaned and graded by hand into consistent counts — premium kernels and in-shell grades for every buyer.
Stored cool and vacuum-sealed to lock in the oils, so the kernel reaches you as fresh as the day it was cracked.
Wholesale cartons for distributors, retail-ready packs for shelves, and private-label runs for your own brand.
Cleaned and checked for foreign matter and moisture before sealing — no fillers, no blends, just chilgoza.
Documentation, certificates and freight arranged for you — delivered duty-paid to most destinations worldwide.
Sealed at source and routed through climate-aware freight, Chalgoza reaches gourmet importers, retailers and roasters across six continents.
Whether you're sourcing a single retail order or a container of in-shell chilgoza, send us the details and we'll come back with grades, pricing and lead times.