The apricot

Our love for dried apricots runs deep, all the way from here to the jungle.
But why? Dried fruit is an excellent alternative to sweets,
cakes or other sweet treats.

APRICOTS

Our love for dried apricots runs deep, all the way from here to the jungle.
But why? Dried fruit is an excellent alternative to sweets,
cakes or other sweet treats. Of course dried fruit has fructose,
but the good thing is that it's in a 'package'. It's firmly wedged between vitamins,
minerals and fibres, which means the sugars are absorbed into your bloodstream more slowly.
That's perfect for children, because they are already full of energy all on their own. In supermarkets
you can choose between sulphured and unsulphured apricots. The difference
is very easy to spot. Sulphured apricots are bright orange and
unsulphured apricots are slightly less attractive, kind of brown. But when you know
why that is, you won't care what they look like. Sulphured means that they've been
treated with sulfate, a preservative. That's how the apricots stay so
bright. It's the same product used to keep meat red (great
fact to share at a party). But we don't think it's necessary at all. And,
unsulphured apricots are richer and sweeter in taste. That's enough
reason for us to put them in a box. And those jungle animals on the box? We all know apricots
don't grow in the jungle. But we just thought they looked really cool!