Can anybody tell me?

[becster05]

which brand of dried apricots I can buy for DD that doesnt have the additive 220 (sulpher)? I have read that babies shouldnt have this but all the bags I look at in the supermarket have this additive in it???? Thanks in advance!! :)

[jag5000]

I've never found any from any supermarket that don't have 220 used to process them. I buy mine from my local health food shop (you know the ones as they are much darker than usual) .. or in apricot season I make my own! one of the lovely things about having a huge apricot tree in the backyard :D

[gi_jo]

Try a health food shop or a store that sells nuts and dried fruit.

I'm in Brisbane and I buy them from a shop in West End called Mick's Nuts. They are about $2 a kilo cheaper than the ones with 220 in them.

[NonnyMouse]

Try then organic shop on Wynnum Road (near KFC) Can't recall the name but it's on the bend in the road and called something "planet" I think?

220 is the sulphur preservative and bad for asthmatics etc.

[becster05]

Thanks everybody for your replies!! Nonny, I will try to get up to have a look for that shop. I didnt even know there was one there!! :laughing:

[goldtoe]

Dried fruit needs something to stop the bacteria.
You can get tinned or sugared apricots (even jam) as an alternative.
Look for dark-brown coloured dried apricots. Its the SO2 that makes them keep that bright-orange fresh colour, so darker ones may have less (or no?) SO2.

[becster05]

so does anybody give their kids just regular old Sunbeam dried apricots?? :confused: they are probably to darkest supermarket dried apricots I've seen...

[jag5000]

nah, sunbeam still have sulphur used on them

but really it's a personal choice. sulphur isn't innately bad, but some people are sensitive to it. I prefer my family not to have any additives in our food so I choose to not buy them. That being said I don't notice any particular effects that 220 has on my kids.