Cashews help lower cholesterol, improve heart health, add fiber and protein, and help control blood-sugar levels and reduce the risk of diabetes. This wonderous fruit has antioxidants and is high in minerals and vitamins.
Dried Apricots are good source of potassium, magnesium, iron, vitamin A, beta carotene, carotenoids and have great benefits. It gives you the energy, increases stamina.
Prunes are a special type of dried plum. The plums are oval, black-skinned, loose-stoned and very sweet. They can be dried or semi-dried and the most famous variety is Prunes dAgen.
Dried fig is a healthy fruit; dried figs are in the class of foods containing highest quantities of dietary fiber. 200 grams of dried figs contain about 13 grams of dietary fibers. The USA Dietetic Association recommends a daily fiber intake of 20 to 35 grams from a variety of sources combined with a low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet.
Desiccated coconut is produced from white meat of matured coconut fruit. Age of matured coconut is 11-12 months. Matured coconut is de-husked, de-shelled and taken brown skin. Then Coconut meat is blanched in hot water in 5 minutes before disintegrating. Disintegrated Coconut should be pasteurized by water steam to bring down microbiological before it is sent to Fluid Belt Dryer. It also comes in two variations such as low fat (maximum 40% fat) and high fat (minimum 63% fat).
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