Dried Apricots

Hunza apricot has a reputation that travels. People who have been to Gilgit-Baltistan come back talking about the apricots specifically, and there is a reason for that. The variety grown here is different from the commercial apricot cultivated for size and shelf life. It is smaller, more acidic, and when dried in the sun over several days it develops a depth of flavor that the artificially dried alternatives simply do not have.
Our dried apricots are made in-house from fruit sourced directly from Hunza farmers. We offer them in a few different forms because the use case matters. The premium knife-cut apricots are clean, uniform, and good for gifting or daily snacking.
The rough-cut variety is exactly what it sounds like, less precise, same quality fruit, better value for cooking or blending. Sulfured dried apricots are available for those who need the longer shelf life and the softer texture that sulfur treatment preserves, though we always recommend the unsulfured versions if you are eating them as food rather than using them in processing.
Apricot kernels are sold separately in both sweetand bitter varieties. Sweet kernels are eaten as a snack across GB and have a mild almond-like flavor. Bitter kernels are used in traditional remedies and cold-pressed apricot oil and should be consumed in very small quantities.Dry apricot price in Pakistan depends heavily on the grade and source.
Cheap dried apricots are widely available but they are typically blended from multiple sources, dried quickly, and often treated with additives that affect taste and quality. What you are buying here is single-origin, sun-dried apricot from one of the few valleys in the world where the fruit is genuinely worth the name.
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