Finger food - dried fruit?

[VeryHungryKatypillar]

As the nights draw in, the fresh fruit seems to get ranker... is dried fruit okay for 6mo or does it contain added nasties? Something in my head is telling me they add sugar - are there any brands which don't?

Its not that they add sugar (although things like apricots do often have sulphides to preserve the colour...the organic non-orange ones don't), but the fruit sugar intensifies/changes (somehow...my sister is a doctor and she explained it to me...but I'm not a scientist and didn't really listen...sorry) and so dried fruit has even more sugar than fresh.

The other thing, just fyi, is that my 9mo dd tends to struggle with dried fruit because its so much more chewy. She loves it, but its a just a very very occasional treat.

If you do want to try it, dried mango is great - not nutritious but fun for them to suck on for 30 mins or until they get bored!!

Thanks fillybuster - we lurve mango and fortunately that is one of the fresh fruits which are holding up quite well atm - although tis getting expensive!

Useful info re sugar thing in dried fruit, praps just for now and then.

Oh, meant to add that the sulphur can cause wind/bloating....so another good reason to avoid too much!

some of them don't contain sulphur dioxide, so it's worth checking ingredients

the organic ones in holland and barratt say there's no sulphur.

good top on the cheese, luckily dd hasnt got any

30 mins sucking on dried fruit is alot of exposure for their teeth.

Tesco do unsulphured dried apricots.