Why are dried fruits higher in sugar content than regular fruits?
Why are dried fruits higher in sugar content than regular fruits?Eating dried fruits like raisins banana chips is an easy way for me to get some extra fruit in my diet. I know eating lots of fruit is good for me. However, I am curious about why dried fruits are higher in sugar content than regular fresh fruits. Can you explain this? Maren – About.com UserAnswer: There are two reasons why dried fruit may have more calories and sugar than fresh fruit. First, sometimes sugar is added to dried fruits such as cranberries. Since cranberries are so tart, very few people would eat them without the added sugar, but of course the added sugar adds calories. The more common reason that dried fruits will usually have more calories and sugar is because the dehydration process removes so much of the water normally found in the fruit. That missing water would normally make the fresh fruit larger than the dried fruit, so there would be more pieces of dried fruit in the same serving size. For example, o
