Cute dealers in the market can slip dried apricot kernels instead of almonds, try the product on the tooth Bashny.Net

With the onset of cold weather, we especially need vitamins. And to compensate for their deficiency, we help sweet dried fruits and nutritious nuts. Only their choice should be approached wisely. After all, unscrupulous traders often slip us fakes or violate the technology of drying and storage, which deprives the gifts of nature most of the useful substances.



About unpleasant surprises that a gullible buyer may face, we were told by familiar sellers from the local market.



According to them, experienced buyers will never take amber raisins, very bright dried apricots and gold figs. After all, in the process of drying, no fruit can retain its original color, much less become even brighter.



Properly dried dried fruits usually darken. Without chemical treatment, raisins and dried apricots should be brown, and figs gray or light brown.

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Before buying dried apricots should definitely try. The one that sours is made of spoiled apricots. If there is a taste of gasoline, apricots were dried accelerated. And if dried apricots also shine, then it was treated with glycerin. It's not worth buying. Even compote will have a characteristic taste.



Unfortunately, it is difficult to buy useful prunes from Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan on the Russian markets. There it is dried naturally, not very caring about the attractive appearance. Therefore, sellers prefer to import beautiful and smooth prunes from Latin America.

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When buying prunes, you should be careful about coffee berries. They were probably disinfected in boiling water, and there were very few vitamins left after that. Real prunes can only be matte black. If you soak it in water, it will turn white in places, and processed - not.



Most of the light raisins we see on the market are treated with sulfur to give a beautiful color. Quality grapes with proper drying, on the contrary, becomes dark brown.



But most striking information that under the guise of almonds without shells you can buy peeled apricot bones. Here you need to focus on size and taste: apricot seeds are usually smaller and bitter to taste.

Do you have your own way of identifying quality dried fruits and nuts on the market? Please share your experience in the comments.