People dried fruit the same?

[Flboy]

Is dried fruit for people the same as for birds? On fruits like papaya, pineapple, etc, you see sugar as an ingredient. On packets for birds, sugar is not listed.
My understanding of the drying process says sugar is needed in certain fruits. Look and taste the same!

 

[RavensGryf]

...just make sure and leave some of the bird treats for the bird lol!

 

[Flboy]

...just make sure and leave some of the bird treats for the bird lol!

Hear ya! Most of my diet is nuts, grain (beer), beans, some meat. Used to eat large amounts of dried fruit. Doc kept saying I was pre diabetic, but it was diet related, not metabolism. Not me..perfect diet! Well for a year now, no dried fruit, nor any forms of corn sugar ( fructose). My sugar level great and my weight is back down to my high school days, when my nickname was fatty. Kidding, am below 160!

 

[Psittaciformes]

Why don't you dehydrate your own fruit at home?

 

[hacatta]

Do watch out for dried fruits with Sulfur Dioxide,here almost all supermarket dried fruits have it.
I dry my own fruits and have never added sugar,because off the lack off water the sugar it becomes concentrated and is already a lot sweeter.

 

[Dinosrawr]

I actually have a thing against certain dried fruit that's "for birds". I've found on a lot of treat bags (though not all) that it states it's not safe for human consumption. And I feel that with the diet parrots have, anything I shouldn't be eating is something they shouldn't be eating. So I'd look out for that.

Otherwise the dried fruit that you buy at a store (that is Sulfur Dioxide free) is just as yummy for you as it is your birdies

 

[BruceV]

so how bad is the sulfur dioxide? I know of a guy who gives his Amazon raisins on a regular basis. I just looked at my box of raisins and saw the sulfur dioxide in the ingredients.

 

[Hawk]

Why don't you dehydrate your own fruit at home?

That's what I do, is the same without all the added sugar. It's expensive to buy fresh when it spoils so fast and gets wasted. So dehydrating is the way to go...the device pays for itself in a years time.

 

[Psittaciformes]

I have to use the oven still, the old-fashioned way
Well, I guess the real old fashion way would be one of those outdoor dehydrators with the massive fun up top and whatnot.

 

[hacatta]

you can buy a cheap dehydrator to start,my first one was about 30 euros,the cheapest on the marked,i loved that thing.
But with my garden i needed an bigger one,and one with a time switch.
I have the sedona now.

 

[hacatta]

so how bad is the sulfur dioxide? I know of a guy who gives his Amazon raisins on a regular basis. I just looked at my box of raisins and saw the sulfur dioxide in the ingredients.

For some people who are sensitive to the preservative, being exposed to sulfur dioxide can lead to breathing problems such as asthma, emphysema, chronic bronchitis, and respiratory disease.
copied from the internet.

 

[Hawk]

I actually have a thing against certain dried fruit that's "for birds". I've found on a lot of treat bags (though not all) that it states it's not safe for human consumption. And I feel that with the diet parrots have, anything I shouldn't be eating is something they shouldn't be eating. So I'd look out for that.

Otherwise the dried fruit that you buy at a store (that is Sulfur Dioxide free) is just as yummy for you as it is your birdies

I hear ya there, when in a bind, (when my dehydrator went south) I bought organic dried fruit from health store, a bit more in price, but a bird is always worth it.

 

[weco]

Here are a couple of links that may be of interest to you:
:: Best Birds - Bird Blog ::
The Organic Parrot: To sulfur or not to sulfur?
Effects of Acid Rain
Sulfur dioxide

Enjoy your reading.....

 

[BruceV]

So if fruit gets sweeter when dried, by natural sugars becoming more concentrated, then why add sugar? I am (as of yesterday) looking into a dehydrator. Been thinking about it for a while, but now I'm getting serious.

 

[flyingron]

Yep, for people or birds the amount of added sugar (especially to tarter things like cranberries) is unbelievable. Craisins are 50% added sugar typically.

 

[BruceV]

Yep, for people or birds the amount of added sugar (especially to tarter things like cranberries) is unbelievable. Craisins are 50% added sugar typically.

Wow! That's a LOT!!!