The best is considered to be a non-factory dried prune. If you do not have the opportunity to dry fruits at home, seriously consider choosing this product in a store or on the market.
Instructions
Step 1
First of all, pay attention to the manufacturer. The highest quality and tastiest is California prunes.
Step 2
When shopping in a store, try to choose prunes in transparent packaging so that you can see the fruits themselves.
Step 3
Be sure to appreciate their looks - the less gloss the better. A quality prune should be matte black, fleshy, firm and slightly soft.
Step 4
Don't buy brown prunes. This color of dried fruits indicates significant violations in the processing of fruits. Before drying, they were treated with boiling water to increase the shelf life and decontamination. With this technology, prunes are deprived of their beneficial properties and rich vitamin and mineral composition. Its taste is often rancid.
Step 5
If the prune has a dark gray shiny color, it means that it was treated with glycerin. This is done to improve the presentation of the product. Prunes can also shine after being treated with fat of unknown origin. Therefore, it is better not to take such dried fruits.
Step 6
If you decide to buy prunes from the market, check the quality. To do this, simply press on the berries. If after that they do not lose their shape, then the product is of high quality.
Step 7
Buy prunes with seeds. In such dried fruits, more vitamins and nutrients are stored.
Step 8
After purchasing, check the prunes: wet the fruits and look at them after half an hour. Natural dried fruits will partially whiten, but chemically processed ones will not.
