Dried fruit - nutritional value?

CVID

Lidl have a half price offer at the moment on their 500gm mixed dried dessert fruit (not the baking kind!).

Does anyone happen to know whether dried fruit of this kind retain the same nutritional value of the original fruit or whether any is lost in the process?

I love these things and would like to think they are doing me the same good as the fresh sort.

ti1980

It all counts towards part of your five a day.
Have a look at this website for portion sizes etc.
http://www.5aday.nhs.uk/WhatCounts/PortionSizes.aspx

CVID

What it seems to be saying is that e.g. one dried apricot is not worth the same as the original, hydrated fruit. No explanation is given.

nickyhutch

More sugar in as they are concentrated. Dentists say only eat after meals, not as an inbetween snack.

Ticklemouse

I think they have the same nutritional value - but you have to be aware that oz for oz they have more sugar, as this is concentrated during the drying process. I believe 1 spoonful is counted as a portion

oops - took me so long to post, that it's already been answered That'll teach me to sort the kids out :rotfl:

ScoobieGirl

I guess some of the vitamins would be lost if the drying process is a heat process.

tawnyowls

ti1980 wrote:

It all counts towards part of your five a day.
Have a look at this website for portion sizes etc.
http://www.5aday.nhs.uk/WhatCounts/PortionSizes.aspx

But like fruit juices, only one portion a day. Even if you drink 2 glasses of fruit juice or eat 2 lots of dried fruit, it still only counts as one.

What I find a little bizarre is that smoothies also count only as 1. I can understand it with fruit juices (get vitamins but not fibre) or dried fruit (get fibre but not most of the vitamins), but why smoothies, which are, after all, just smushed fruit? The fruit's going to be smushed on its way down anyway.

tr3mor

1 raisin = 1 grape minus the water.

As long as you don't presume 100g of raisins is the same as 100g of grapes you'll be fine.

yorkie007_2

i have tried this, doesnt half sort you out if you know what i mean , whether this is desirable is up to you

Prudent

My daughter is anaemic and I have been told to give her dried apricots (among a lot of other iron rich food).