Whats the thought on dried fruit in baked goods?
For example i have a recipe for muffins which contain 40g of sultanas (which going by the book is about 130 grapes) and makes 10 muffins, so approximately 13 grapes per muffin. if that was your fruit intake for the day would that be acceptable? Also i have a recipe for date and walnut muffins which has 6 dates in the mix and makes 6 muffins, so one date per muffin???
So is dried fruit ok if you only consumed what you would in whole fruit, eg one prune = one plum?

Yes, I agree, I have become mainly savory, I find that whenever I eat anything, even with dextrose in it, it sets up more sweet cravings.

I don't think that ancient caveman ate dextrose goodies. Just the occasional hit of honey when he could find it and get past the bees. And berries in the Autumn to set him up with a fat store for the winter. The original Australians were very slim until we got at them with our white flour and sugar.

cheers Freda

Kelly Bagwell wrote:Whats the thought on dried fruit in baked goods?
For example i have a recipe for muffins which contain 40g of sultanas (which going by the book is about 130 grapes) and makes 10 muffins, so approximately 13 grapes per muffin. if that was your fruit intake for the day would that be acceptable? Also i have a recipe for date and walnut muffins which has 6 dates in the mix and makes 6 muffins, so one date per muffin???
So is dried fruit ok if you only consumed what you would in whole fruit, eg one prune = one plum?

Hi, Kelly, there's 37% fructose in sultanas, and 11.9% in prunes, here's the link to the Food standards site that shows you the fructose in all foods. Link here for sultanas, just scroll down to fruit;-

http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/consumerinformation/nuttab2010/nuttab2010onlinesearchabledatabase/onlineversion.cfm?&action=getFood&foodID=06D10445

This is the link for everything:-

http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/consumerinformation/nuttab2010/nuttab2010onlinesearchabledatabase/onlineversion.cfm?&action=alphabeticalList


Cheers, Kelly......

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