Fandoghi Pistachios (Round)

Round 28/30 & 30/32 — Iran's volume variety

Fandoghi, sometimes traded as Round or Hazelnut-type, is the most widely planted pistachio in Iran and the volume grade of the trade. Counts run 28/30 and 30/32 per ounce against Akbari's 18/20, so you are buying a greater number of smaller, rounder nuts per kilogram — and paying materially less for them. Specification otherwise matches the family: moisture ≤ 6%, closed shells kept low, foreign matter ≤ 0.5%, and aflatoxin controlled to destination limits with the same seriousness the whole category demands. The round shape is the visual signature and the reason the trade name distinguishes it from the long varieties.

Buy Fandoghi wherever pistachios are eaten rather than displayed: roasted and salted snack packs, bulk and bin retail, ice cream and confectionery, bakery and dessert work, and food-service. The economics are compelling because the eating quality is not meaningfully different from the long varieties — you are giving up kernel size, which matters in a gift box and matters not at all in a bowl. It is also the sensible base for a programme that runs a premium Akbari line alongside it, since the two serve genuinely different shelf positions. Where Fandoghi is the wrong choice is a clear premium pack competing on visible nut size, where a round 30/32 next to a competitor's long 20/22 will lose the comparison regardless of how it tastes. CBIL supplies against certification of size count, moisture, closed-shell percentage, aflatoxin and microbiology, on FOB, CFR and CIF terms.