As we consume different fruits and vegetables in our day to day life to keep ourselves healthy and energetic. Human beings, animals and different organisms are blessed by God with amazing things available in our nature.
From the list of amazing fruits, “dried apricot” is one of the delicious and healthy fruits. Although many countries produce this fruit, “Turkey '' is the largest producer of dried apricot in the world. Production of this fruit mainly starts in Turkey and California.
Types Of Dried Apricots
i) Sulphur dried apricots
Sulphur dried apricots are treated with SO2 in order to provide colour retention and longer shelf life. The colour of this type changes from light yellow to orange. The SO2 content is max 2000 ppm for European countries and between 2500-3000 for USA and others. The colour is lighter as the SO2 content increases.
ii) Natural non-sulphured dried apricots
Brown dried apricots (dark dried apricots) differ from Sulphur dried apricots. The colour of these types changes from light brown to dark brown, because these apricots are directly dried under the Sunlight without being treated with SO2, and it is sweeter than the sulphur dried apricots.
Although many countries produce this fruit every year, Turkey and INDIA are famous for this fruit as it is consumed in large amounts throughout the whole world because of its amazing taste and purity. We can also describe this amazing fruit in one line: “Eat fresh, feel fresh”
Nutritional value
Rich source of vitamin A & C
Contains directly fibre
Good source of B complex- vitamin, phosphorus and iron
Treats from different diseases like cancer, anemia, etc.
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