During the off-season, dried fruits can become for man a saving source of vitamins and microelements. Dried fruits distinguish sweet taste and satiety, they contain fructose and glucose, sodium, iron, magnesium, potassium and iodine. It is enough to eat 5 - 6 pcs.prunes, dried apricots or a handful of raisins to protect themselves from vitamin deficiency, strengthen immunity and improve the condition of the skin and hair. However, it is very important to choose the right fruit. Let's figure out how to do it.
Rules for choosing
Brightness and shine of dried apricots and prunes are attached to the treatment of fruits by chemicals. After smoking dried fruits in sulfur smoke, they acquire an attractive appearance, protection from pests, extended shelf life. Real, unprocessed dried fruits have a much more modest appearance, they are duller, in some fruits you can come across insects, but this ensures that they do not have chemistry. No fruit as a result of drying does not acquire a great brightness, it is achieved with the help of dyes and preservatives.
Try to find the dried fruits that are properly dried. Raisins and dried apricots should be brown, not amber, prunes and dark raisins - black with a bluish coating. Prunes acquire a coffee color after treatment with boiling water, which kills most of the vitamins. The correct dried fruits do not shine with beauty, they are wrinkled, dry and completely not shining. Shine dried fruit gives glycerin or fat of unknown origin.
Do not buy over-dried or too soft fruits. This condition indicates an incorrect workpiece. Lack of moisture leads to a decrease in the nutritional value of dried fruit, and moisture - to reduce the shelf life.
Signs of quality goods is the presence of pits and tails( in raisins).The taste should not be salty, sour or burnt.
In domestic dried fruits, as a rule, there are no chemical additives, in any case, the probability of their availability is lower. Do not buy products in markets along roads, because dried fruits have the ability to absorb various substances, including harmful automobile emissions. If you buy dried fruits in a package, give preference to the product marked "GOST", not "TU".
Storage of dried fruits
To store dried fruits should be in a dark and dry cool place, there they will retain their useful properties for a year. When mold appears on the fruits, they must be immediately thrown out, such dried fruits can be dangerous.
Before consuming dried fruits for food, they should be washed with warm water, but not with boiling water, as it destroys vitamins.