what happens when you dry fruit that increases calories?

Question

Fresh fruit is not very high in calories (except bananas i guess). What happens on a chemical level when you dry fruit? Why are calories increasing? Why isn’t calorie level the same when all you do is let water evaporate?

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Answer 1

Water has weight. So when you remove 50 grams of water from a 100 gram apple, you are left with a 50 gram dried apple with the same calories as the original. No new calories are created.