In China, where I live, most pistachio nuts sold on the market have very white shell, and yellowish skin and flesh, like this:
Today I read some articles claiming that these pistachio nuts were so white because they had been bleached using hydrogen peroxide, and good pistachio nuts should have yellowish shell, purplish skin and greenish flesh, like this:
So, my question is: have white pistachios been bleached? What colour do pistachio nuts in your country have?