What are organic pitted whole apricots so something you may notice immediately is that organic apricots no matter who they are from are one of the organic food items that look entirely different to their conventional counterpart. Generally apricots are a bright and luminous shade of orange, yet any organic apricots you come across are anything from a deep brown to dark purple, even almost verging on blackness...More often than not they bear more of a resemblance to prunes than your common apricot. This observation however counter-intuitive it may seem is truly a testament to their quality and purity as its preservatives we have to thank for this effect. Without intervention apricots and more specifically compounds called carotenoids that create this vibrant hue of orange will oxidize. When these compounds oxidize they are essentially breaking down and the colour they once created, changes
It is this oxidation that preservatives like sulphur dioxide prevent...As you can see its all needless in the first place our preservative free apricots actually taste considerably better than treated apricots, why you ask because sulphur is a rather horrible product and though it has its many essential applications, its purpose on apricots is superficial and just introduces the rather unpleasant aroma of sulphur rotten eggs for all of you who are lucky enough not to know , so given the choice, i'll take my apricots sulphur free and just the way nature intended. Why should i get organic...
What are organic pitted whole apricots so something you may notice immediately is that organic apricots no matter who they are from are one of
