Pistachio Cream — 4.5 kg / 9.9 lbs

Most things sold as pistachio cream are mostly almond, sugar and green colouring. You can taste it immediately — a vague marzipan sweetness where the nut should be, and a green that belongs on a highlighter rather than a dessert. This is not that product.

Snack King Pistachio Cream leads with actual pistachio: rich, faintly savoury, with the natural muted green that real nuts produce rather than the neon of added colour. The texture is smooth enough to pipe cold and stable enough to hold in a filled shell without weeping.

Pistachio has become the defining flavour of modern pastry — the Dubai chocolate wave pulled it out of Middle Eastern baklava counters and put it into croissants, soft-serve, tiramisu and bonbons worldwide. Demand has outrun supply, which is exactly why the market is full of almond-based imitations.

Each bucket holds 4.5 kg (9.9 lbs) and ships four to a case, 18 kg in total. It contains pistachios and milk. For a bakery running pistachio croissants or a chocolatier filling bonbons, this is the ingredient the customer is actually paying for — worth buying properly.

• Net Weight — 4.5 kg / 9.9 lbs per bucket
• Buckets per case — 4 (18 kg / 39.6 lbs)
• Allergens — Contains pistachios and milk
• Best for — Pastry shops, chocolate manufacturers, dessert prep, wholesale