Fresh fruits often cannot be stored for too long. In order to keep the good taste for a while, people use candied, pickled, sun-dried and produced many fruit products, such as the familiar preserved fruits, Candied fruits and dried fruits. Due to the exposure of food safety issues with preserves, the public is fearful and annoyed about fruit products, and it is also a pity. What a shame for what was once a sweet tasting and portable pocket snack. Although they are all fruit products, these three are by no means equivalent. There are obvious differences in nutrition and added ingredients. We miss the sweetness brought by candied fruits but stop because of food safety issues. Where should we go to find the taste of our childhood? Try dried fruits, maybe it can help you find the answer!

1. Preserved fruits : The fruit raw materials are heated and candied (generally a sugar solution of more than 65% is required) and dried. The appearance is crystal clear. Because of the preservative effect of sugar solution, preservatives are generally not added, but some low-sugar candied products will be appropriately added with preservatives. However, due to the heating process, nutrients are lost, and a lot of sugar is added! It is not suitable for long-term and large-scale consumption. Especially children, the elderly, obese and diabetic people. In order to pursue the taste, preserved fruits are now beginning to add various additives, not absolutely zero additions! For example: preserved peaches, preserved apples, preserved pears, preserved dates, green plums, crystal candied dates

2. Preserved fruits: relatively For preserved fruits, candied fruits not only add sugar, but also add many sweeteners, flavors, acids, salts and preservatives to create a wonderful taste. It has developed to this point and is simply a hodgepodge of additives! For people who rarely eat processed food, they will definitely not be able to stand the mixed taste of sweet, sour and salty. The nutritional value of candied fruits is not as good as that of fresh fruits, and the high salt content and additives make people dare not praise it! But to be fair, the sweet and sour taste of candied fruits can indeed whet your appetite, move your index fingers, and leave you with a bitter taste in your mouth. Eating one when you have a poor appetite is not a bad thing to appetize! For example: various plums, olives, prunes, etc.! 3. Dried fruits: Although they are both members of the fruit product family, dried fruits are different from the first two. It is much more natural. This family includes dried red dates, persimmons, raisins, dried longans and many other delicious products with low water content. The general processing method of dried fruits is: fruit → selection → grading → cleaning → raw material processing → blanching → sulfur fumigation or non-sulfur fumigation → drying → dried fruits. According to its processing process, it can be seen that basically no other substances are added, including no sugar, salt, and various additives. During the processing, due to the hot soup and drying, there will be some moisture and some water-soluble vitamins, etc. We are afraid that the vitamins will be lost by heating. Other proteins, fiber, and minerals are not lost. In terms of taste, dried fruits are much sweeter than fresh fruits, but it is not because of the addition of sugar or sweeteners. Because it has been dehydrated, the nutrients and sugars are much more concentrated. Therefore, compared with fresh fruits of the same quality, dried fruits are more dense in nutrients. Of course, they have higher sugar content and higher energy.

Compared with candied fruits and preserved fruits, dried fruits seem to be more suitable as snacks. Due to its high energy, it is not allowed to gorge on it, but it is perfectly fine to try small amounts. So there is a right way to eat. Since some dried fruits undergo a sulfur-smelling and bleaching process, improper processing will result in residual sulfur dioxide. Eating such substandard products will irritate our esophagus. Therefore, choose a regular company when purchasing, and if you feel irritated after eating it, please stop eating it immediately.

For example: jujubes, raisins, persimmons, dried longans, dried longans, dried apricots, etc.