Is dried fruit as nutritious as fresh fruit?
Asked by anonymous on Nov 27, 2008
in Nutrition
Answer
Dried fruit has almost all the antioxidants, fiber and minerals of fresh fruit, but vitamin C and thiamin is destroyed by heat in the drying process. However, dried fruit has 4 – 5 times more nutrients than an equal volume of fresh fruit because dried fruit has lost 70% of its moisture. (See the nutrients in one cup portions of raisins and grapes.) A serving of dried fruits is about one quarter cup, which amounts to about 5 - 6 dates, 3 - 5 dried figs, five dried plums, or a small box of raisins.
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