How do dried fruits have more sugar than fresh fruits?
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1. Many dried fruits have sugar, or fruit juice, added to them to help preserve or flavor them. Get in the habit of reading the ingredients on foods that you buy.
2. Varieties of fruit that are commercially dried may have been bred to have more sugar.
3. Take a better look at what is being measured and compared. As a hypothetical example, imagine a 10 ounce fruit that is 50% water and 40% sugar when picked, and then is dried to produce 5 ounces of dried fruit that is now 75% sugar.
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