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Types of Dried Fruit

Name: Types of Dried Fruit
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Raisins, Dates, Cranberries, Apricots — which dried fruit is the ultimate snack?

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Updated:3/7/2026

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Dried Fruit↕	Fresh Form↕	Primary Origin↕	Texture↕	Known For↕
Raisins	Grapes (Thompson Seedless)	Mediterranean / California	Soft, chewy, wrinkled	Most popular dried fruit worldwide, Sun-Maid girl is iconic, in oatmeal cookies dividing humanity, ants on a log with peanut butter
Dates	Date palm fruit	Middle East / North Africa	Sticky, caramel-soft, dense	Oldest cultivated fruit (~6000 BC), Medjool dates are the king variety, natural caramel flavor, Ramadan iftar staple
Dried Cranberries	Cranberries	North America	Chewy, slightly tart	Craisins brand name by Ocean Spray, sweetened because raw cranberries are too tart, salad and trail mix staple
Dried Apricots	Apricots	Turkey (Malatya province)	Leathery, tender, slightly firm	Turkey produces 80% of the world's supply, Malatya is the apricot capital, orange sulfured vs brown unsulfured, high in potassium
Prunes	Plums (d'Agen variety)	France / California	Soft, sticky, wrinkled	Rebranded as dried plums to escape old-person stigma, famous for digestive benefits, French pruneaux d'Agen have IGP status
Dried Figs	Figs	Turkey / Mediterranean	Soft exterior, crunchy seeds inside	One of the first fruits cultivated by humans, Fig Newtons made them mainstream, seeds provide satisfying crunch, Mediterranean diet essential
Dried Mango	Mangoes	Philippines / Thailand / India	Chewy, leathery, sticky	Tangy-sweet tropical flavor concentrated, Philippine dried mangoes are legendary, often sulfured for bright orange color
Sultanas	Grapes (Sultana/Thompson variety)	Turkey / Australia	Plump, soft, golden	Lighter and sweeter than raisins, treated with oil to speed drying, essential in British baking, Christmas pudding staple
Dried Cherries	Tart or sweet cherries	Michigan, USA / Turkey	Chewy, slightly sticky	Michigan produces most of the world's tart cherries, intense concentrated flavor, chocolate-cherry combo is elite, expensive but worth it
Goji Berries	Wolfberry (Lycium barbarum)	China (Ningxia province)	Chewy, slightly tough, small	Superfood marketing phenomenon, used in Chinese medicine for 2000+ years, tiny red berries with earthy-sweet taste, acai's rival
Dried Pineapple	Pineapple	Costa Rica / Philippines / Thailand	Chewy rings or chunks, crystallized	Concentrated tropical sweetness, often coated in sugar, rings look like golden flowers, popular in trail mix, goes well with coconut
Currants (Zante)	Black Corinth grapes	Greece (Corinth)	Tiny, firm, intensely sweet	Smallest dried grape variety, named after Corinth, essential in scones and spotted dick, not related to fresh currants (Ribes)
Dried Papaya	Papaya	Mexico / Thailand / Brazil	Chewy strips or chunks	Often dyed bright colors (red, green, yellow), tropical flavor, common in trail mix, frequently sugar-coated, Thai dried papaya is top quality
Dried Coconut	Coconut meat	Philippines / Indonesia / India	Flaked, shredded, or chipped	Desiccated coconut essential in baking, toasted coconut flakes are addictive, copra (dried coconut) is a major commodity, lamington coating
Dried Persimmon (Hoshigaki)	Persimmon (Hachiya variety)	Japan / Korea / China	Soft, caramel-like, coated in natural sugar bloom	Japanese hoshigaki are hand-massaged for weeks, white sugar crystals form naturally on surface, tastes like nature's caramel candy