Traina Home Grown CA Sun Dried Ruby Royal Apricot Halves Fancy (5lbs)

These jumbo Ruby Royal apricot halves, in the 5 lb size, are soft, sweet, and tangy. Their sweetness and softness indicate they were harvested almost fully ripe. They have a decent amount of that distinct apricot aroma. I like them a lot. These Ruby Royals are both sweeter and less sour than Blenheim, although Blenheim has a more pronounced apricot aroma. To give a sense of comparison on a scale of 1 to 5 (where 5 is best and 1 is worst): Traina Jumbo Ruby Royal apricots: 4 on sweetness, 4 on aroma. Good balance between sweetness, sourness, and aroma. It's not the most aromatic apricot, but it's also less sour than Blenheim, so Ruby Royal apricots offer a good compromise. Blenheim (sulfured) apricots: 2 on sweetness, 5 on aroma. Blenheim apricots have the most pronounced traditional apricot aroma typically found in better apricot jams and preserves, but can be quite sour unless fully ripe. Typical Turkish (sulfured) apricots available at Costco and supermarkets: 5 for sweetness, 0 for aroma. Turkish apricots have the highest sugar content and have no sourness at all, but unfortunately, they have no apricot aroma whatsoever.

First few were a bit tasteless, looked perfect, colors perfect, gooey texture, seemed all flavor was missing, like it had been steamed and flavors evaporated off .. disappointed as my taste Love has always been Apricots. All over the World, first in Australia, then Asia, Europe, Turkey, now California. I think what we get is that.. A big blue bag of slightly cooked Apricots, left in bag to reabsorb all the flavor. Once we dig deeper, it was like there was a film sprayed over the Apricot cube, to stop it sticking to the bag. Some of the flavor is masked by that sprayed on oil-like film. Digging further into the cube, the Apricots are heavenly. Take great CARE and SKILL not to eat too many. 5 to 10 are my personal Daily limits. Like eating perfectly Ripe Apricots, only shrunk down with 100% no yuck guarantee. Better than best sugar candy. This stuff is the real deal .. 100% delicious, truly Best in the World for value, taste, texture, speed of delivery and best of all, shear culinary ecstasy. CAUTION - Do not overeat, will cause bloating and possible wind.

Healthy, tasty & simply amazing California apricots ! The best kept secret !!!!

The product is quite tasty. However, the packaging is exceptionally basic. A plastic bag that isn't sealed to protect contamination while in transit. No literature. Far from gift worthy.

Great stuff - better than candy and even more healthy than anything similar... I appreciate the bulk order opportunity - 5 lbs box is perfect.

The product arrived in a thin blue colored plastic bag within a cardboard box. It was open and there was nothing suggesting an attempt to seal the product. The apricots are pale, lacking any orange color I'd expected. Flavor is terribly lacking! No tartness, not sweet & sour as I love in apricots; Just bland and and flavorless. The fruit is too muscular, not squishy and moist. Dry, stringy, and a turn-off for us. Tried using it with prunes, sweetener, cinnamon and clove in a compote but there was no apricot flavor. So disappointing! I need to return this product as I don't believe I can use it. I went to a Sprouts store and found incredible apricots for $2.49/lb.. That's a fraction of the price I paid for the product through Amazon. Ordinarily I'm very pleased with my purchases from Amazon. This is the first item I find unacceptable.

I grew up when the South Bay of California was still largely fruit orchards. My grandfather would take me in mid-late July, near the end of the apricot season, to buy crates of apricots at throw-away prices. Then we would spend the next 3-4 days feverishly slicing, pitting and dehydrating them. These dried apricots take me back to those days. The mix is excellent, with some being exceptionally sweet and some being tangy. Some are drier and some moister, some are soft and some are chewy -- in other words, they are just like nature makes 'em. On the whole they are superior to those offered by TJ, having more flavor and a better ratio of sweet and tangy. Most of the negative comments I have read on here involve not reading the information (yes, they contain sulfites), or objecting to the variability in taste and texture of actual, natural dried fruit. However, if you know what a California apricot is, and aren't terrified of a non-heavily processed food, then you will not be disappointed in these.

OUTSTANDING! The best we've ever tasted.

Estos chabacanos llegaron tarde, cafés y chiquitos. Trate de obtener un reembolso. No lo logré ; creo que no envié la foto en tiempo. Era un encargo y la verdad no fui a casa de quienes me lo encargaron a retratar…