On further ingestion, lol, it appears that the fines are full non hulled seeds crushed up with the shells. So there is seeds (shells), and hulled shells leave behind the seed/nut/heart. What I have is everything not shelled just crushed. Therefore it actually is higher in fiber and slightly less potent in everything else inside. But I don't reckon that having the shell is a bad thing, just a little bit of bitter, not gross to me tho.