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Sunsweet manufactures a variety of dried fruit and juice products, although it is best known for prunes. The company produces and distributes prunes, prune juice, [2] cranberries, apricots, nectarines, pineapples, mangoes and dates. Other recent Sunsweet products include Ones (individually wrapped prunes), Jumbo Red Raisins (from large red ...
"California, responsible for about 99 percent of the total United States' production of prunes, exclusively grows the improved French variety, an offshoot of the legendary Petit d'Agen plum ...
A prune is a dried plum, most commonly from the European plum (Prunus domestica) tree. Not all plum species or varieties can be dried into prunes. [ 3 ] A prune is the firm-fleshed fruit (plum) of Prunus domestica varieties that have a high soluble solids content, and do not ferment during drying . [ 4 ]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 16 January 2025. Edible fruit For other uses, see Plum (disambiguation). "Plumtree" redirects here. For the Canadian band, see Plumtree (band). For other uses, see Plumtree (disambiguation). African Rose plums (Japanese or Chinese plum). A plum is a fruit of some species in Prunus subg. Prunus. Dried ...
Dryers are used in processing where drying and heating are important parts of the industrial manufacturing process, like dried fruits. Tray drying means dehydrating small pieces of fruit from a source of hot, dry air or the sun until they are dry enough to store at ambient temperature with minimal spoilage.
Prune juice is a fruit juice derived from prunes (dried plums) that have been rehydrated. [3] It is mass-produced, usually via hot extraction, though juice concentrate is typically produced using a low-temperature method. It may be used as a dietary supplement to act as a laxative. It is also sometimes used as a flavor enhancer in tobacco products.
Prunus americana, commonly called the American plum, [7] wild plum, or Marshall's large yellow sweet plum, is a species of Prunus native to North America from Saskatchewan and Idaho south to New Mexico and east to Québec, Maine and Florida.
In 1915, the brand name Sun-Maid, coined by advertising executive E.A. Berg, was launched; and in 1918 the company opened a new facility near downtown Fresno, California. By the early 1920s, the California Associated Raisin Company’s membership comprised 85 percent of the state’s raisin growers.