HONOLULU — For decades, tourists to Hawaii have brought home gift boxes of the islands’ famous chocolate-covered macadamia nuts for friends and family, but these days many of the kernels in the ...

For decades, tourists to Hawaii have brought home gift boxes of the islands’ famous chocolate-covered macadamia nuts for friends and family, but these days many of the kernels in the package might not ...

A truth-in-labeling law applying to locally produced processed mac nuts in packaged food products like roasted or chocolate­-covered macadamias might be stalled. Handmade chocolate-covered macadamia ...

KAILUA-KONA — Macadamia nuts number among Hawaii’s most important and lucrative agricultural exports, and 2017-18 was a banner year. Hawaii also posted a record farm price, the amount growers are ...

Although pastry chefs and ice cream makers long ago realized the potential of macadamia nuts, they're still not high on the list of foods that excite the average American eater. That’s because a ...

KONA, Hawaii — Historic, torrential April rains on the island of Kauai wiped out much of Hawaii’s taro crops — the main ingredient in poi and a staple carb of the island diet. The next month, one of ...

Apr. 15—Consumers don't know whether many macadamia nut snacks identified with Hawaii contain any Hawaii-­grown macadamia nuts, and an effort to change that through state law may be doomed this year.