Betel Nut

Name: Betel Nut
Yield: 15.00 g
Cuisine: Papua New Guinea
Ingredients: 10.00 g Fresh areca palm nut (Areca catechu — arecoline-containing seed, mild stimulant, chewed not swallowed); 3.00 g Mustard stick (Piper betle flower spike — chewed alongside to activate alkaloid release); 0.50 g Kambang (calcium hydroxide lime powder from burned coral — the third component of the chewing mix)

Betel Nut from Papua New Guinea: explore its ingredients, nutrition facts, 21 calories per serving, and cultural origin.

Betel Nut — Papua New Guinea

Betel nut, or buai, is a widely consumed psychoactive nut in Papua New Guinea, chewed with mustard for a mild stimulant effect.

Foods: Betel Nut

10.00 g Fresh areca palm nut (Areca catechu — arecoline-containing seed, mild stimulant, chewed not swallowed)
3.00 g Mustard stick (Piper betle flower spike — chewed alongside to activate alkaloid release)
0.50 g Kambang (calcium hydroxide lime powder from burned coral — the third component of the chewing mix)