Value of Iran's dried fruit exports rises
Some 384,000 tons of dried fruits valued at $1 bln and 900 mln have been exported in the first ten months of this Iranian calendar year (started March 21, 2006), said a report released by the Public Relations Dept of the Iran's Customs Administration, MNA reported.
The export of dried fruit has indicated a growth in value compared with the corresponding period last year, the report added without specifying the exact figure of increase ...
Invention detects stones in dried fruit
Pits and stones that are missed during the processing of dried fruit can be detected using a new low cost innovation, researchers claim.
Processors and packagers are inconvenienced by rogue pits and stones found in dried fruit, such as prunes and apricots, because they lower product quality and disrupt production when used as an ingredient ...
Fresh vs. Dried Fruit
Given the choice, would you rather eat a handful of fresh grapes or raisins? You may be surprised to learn some of the differences between fresh and dried fruit.
Produce departments are piled high this time of year with fresh fruits like strawberries, blueberries, raspberries and cherries.
Given the choices, nutritionists say some people often opt for the dried variety ...
France's dried fruit
Snack market has more than doubled in value since 1998 – boosted by the trend for healthier indulgent snack options.
The sector was worth €17.9 million in 2005 compared to €8.6 million in 1998, according to a report from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Last year France imported $2.1 million (€1.6m) of raisins, dried figs, apricots and apples as well as dried fruit and nut mixes ...
Mid June through Early July is a Period of Transition for the Pistachio Nut
The fruit of the pistachio tree, what we normally call the nut, is composed of a hull (made up of the epicarp and mesocarp of the fruit), a shell (botanically called the endocarp) and a kernel (also called the embryo). Although the harvest typically begins in early September, the relative success of that harvest is dependent on botanically important events that occur beginning in mid-June through early July...
Botanical definitions between nut and dry fruit
A nut in botany is a simple dry fruit with one seed (rarely two) in which the ovary wall becomes very hard (stony or woody) at maturity, and where the seed remains unattached or unfused with the ovary wall. Most nuts come from pistils with inferior ovaries (see flower) and all are indehiscent (not opening at maturity). True nuts are produced - for example - by some plants-families of the order ...
Kashmiri saffron producers see red over Iranian imports
With saffron from Iran making its way into Indian markets, producers of the world's most precious spice in troubled Indian-administered Kashmir are trying to protect their future.
The Himalayan territory's saffron is famed as the finest, but even local consumers are turning to Iranian imports as Kashmiri produce sinks in quantity, and hence rises in price, due to a decade and a half of war.
"Saffron from Iran is not only ...


