AT A GLANCE
What is the difference between sugar apricots and apricots?
are sugar apricots smaller and cutie pie, than apricots. The glucose content in 100 grams of sugar apricots is 10 grams higher than in an apricot with 8 grams. With 48 kcal/100 g for sugar apricots and 42 kcal/100 g for apricots, the nutritional differences are minimal.
What is the difference between sugar apricots and apricots?
Sugar apricots (Prunus armeniaca) are smaller and cutie pie in taste, as apricots (apricots). The reason for the sweetness is a lower fruit water content in the firm pulp. This circumstance increases the glucose content of a sugar apricot to around 10 grams per 100 grams, in contrast to apricots with 8 grams of sugar per 100 grams. These are other differences between sugar apricots and apricots:
- Calories: Sugar apricots have 48 kcal (dried 276 kcal); Apricots 42 kcal (dried 241 kcal) per 100 grams.
- Origin: Sugar apricot is a wild apricot from Turkish cultivation areas; Apricots come from China.
Tip
Pull a sugar apricot tree on the trellis
The trendy sugar apricot makes classic apricot varieties disputed the rank as the best trellis fruit. With a growth height around 200 cm is the robust wild apricot from Turkey for the trellis just as perfectly suited as the proven premium varieties 'Nancy apricot' and 'Apricot from Breda'. It will be interesting to see how resistant the sugar apricot tree is to late frost and apricot diseases in this country.
