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Dried fruit is widely used by the confectionery, baking, and sweets industries. Food manufacturing plants use dried fruits in various sauces, soups, marinades, garnishes, puddings, and food for infants and children. As ingredients in prepared food, dried fruit juices, purées, and pastes impart sensory and functional characteristics to recipes:
Organic fruit not treated with sulfur vapor is darker in color and has a coarser texture. [5] Generally, the lighter the color, the higher the SO 2 content. Ethnic foods based on dried apricots include qubani ka meetha in India and chamoy in Mexico. Dried apricots are an important source of carotenoids and potassium. [6]
Dried apricot paste for making Qamar Addin. To produce Qamar al-din, apricots and sugar are boiled over a fire and then strained through a wooden strainer that is soaked in olive oil. The apricots are then left to dry in direct sunlight. Once it has completely dried, it is then packaged, shipped, and sold.
Dried fruits have both pros and cons when it comes to your health. Many people assume that opting for dried fruits is always a smart choice. While it can be a good alternative to chips and candy ...
Oranges are a popular fruit, and orange juice is pretty popular, too. But whether you eat the orange flesh or drink the juice, the peel usually gets tossed. This creates a heap of food waste that ...
An apricot (US: / ˈ æ p r ɪ k ɒ t / ⓘ, UK: / ˈ eɪ p r ɪ k ɒ t / ⓘ) is a fruit, or the tree that bears the fruit, of several species in the genus Prunus. Usually an apricot is from the species P. armeniaca , but the fruits of the other species in Prunus sect. Armeniaca are also called apricots. [ 1 ]
Bloat can happen to all kinds of foods, Zhang says. But dried and low-moisture foods, such as raisins or peanut butter, are much less likely to suffer this fate. That’s because the moisture ...
Freeze-drying is used extensively to preserve insects for the purposes of consumption. Whole freeze-dried insects are sold as exotic pet food, bird feed, fish bait, and increasingly for human consumption. [28] [29] Powdered freeze-dried insects are used as a protein base in animal feeds, and in some markets, as a nutritional supplement for ...