New research found that people who ate dried fruit were generally healthier than those who did not, and on days when people ate dried fruit they consumed greater amounts of some key nutrients than on ...

Yes, dried fruits – including dried apricots, dried cranberries, raisins, dried dates, dried figs and prunes – pack a big nutrient punch for their shrunken size. The reason is that nutrients and fiber ...

Q. How does dried fruit compare with fresh fruit in nutritional value? How much should I eat? A. "There are pluses and minuses," said Christina Stark, a nutritionist at Cornell University. "The main ...

Whether it’s a tangerine, berries or a crisp apple, fresh fruit is nature’s perfect sweet snack — juicy, naturally sweet and packed with fiber, which sates hunger and delivers energy. But fruit is ...

You've probably seen bags of colorful freeze-dried fruit pop up on the shelves of your grocery store recently. While it looks similar to dried berries, bananas or peaches, it has a texture more akin ...

The Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommends keeping calories from added sugars to less than 10% of your total daily ...

To make Frozen Banana Pops, kids can help the peel bananas, place them on a stick and roll them in yogurt, dry cereal or dried fruit. The pops, which have just 110 calories, will last up to two weeks ...