9 Best Dried Fruit Mixes | UK Nutritionist Reviewed

This delicious Asda own-brand fruit and seed mix is a real bargain at under a pound for 180 grams. The slight bitterness of the pumpkin seeds and the textured crunch of the sunflower seeds sit together marvellously with the sharp sweetness of the cranberries and raisins.

Also blended through this mix are apricot pieces, which provide a pleasant tang as well as broadening the variety of vitamins you'll get in every handful. Whether you're snacking, making muesli or sprinkling this lovely stuff onto smoothies or over porridge, you're getting low sugar and high value for money!

In search of some moist, juicy fruit for your next baking project? Try this excellent cocktail of sultanas, raisins and currants (which are still dried grapes, but are grown on bushes rather than vines). Whitworths have been selling dried fruits, nuts and seeds in the UK for an impressive 130 years and pride themselves on freshness and taste. 

This selection is well-suited to stirring into cake batter thanks to the sprinkling of gloriously nostalgic candied peel, making it ideal for Christmas cakes or adding a fragrant twist to your scones. This probably wouldn't be the best choice for snacking, but it works brilliantly as a pantry staple.

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The mix of fruits is very pleasing too: there's tropical pineapple as well as orchard fruits like apricot, apple and pear. There are even some prunes thrown in for digestion-stabilising measure! You'll spy no raisins at all in this mix though. A good bulk-buy shout that's satisfying and affordable too.

Waitrose have done a fantastic job of bringing together three types of raisins and some fancy sultanas for this mouthwatering luxury mix. It would be a splendid choice for anyone in search of something a little more special for their latest bake. Or, stir a small amount through dry porridge oats for flavourful muesli.

The reason this pack is a little lower down our top ten ranking is simply the fact these chewy-sweet raisins have a very high sugar content per 100 g. Still, these are top-quality fruits, from organic crimson and flame raisins to moist Orange River sultanas.

This one is a bit naughty. The whole point of a dried fruit mix might be to side-step overly sweet snacks, but we just couldn't resist the divine combo of extra juicy raisins, hazelnuts and chocolate-coated biscuit pieces. 

We love Whitworths ― not just for their tantalising offerings but also for their handy new recyclable packaging. While this mix is best eaten in moderation and probably shouldn't be scattered on your muesli (though we wouldn't judge you if you did), it does have less sugar than several other options on our list. 

Often, fruits that are naturally very sweet have needless extra sugar added, but not this offering from Urban Fruit. This company carefully bakes fruit pieces and seasons them only with a little fruit juice. These scrumptious mango pieces are doused in passionfruit pulp and a little lime, making for a tangy, tropical treat.

This packet contains one portion of your five-a-day and is very high in vitamin C and fibre. Although we think it's a seriously delicious snack, it is pricier than other options which is why it's lower down our list.

This trail mix from The Grower's Harvest is exactly the sort of surprise you'd want to discover in the depths of your rucksack around 40 minutes into a three-hour hike. Featuring raisins and almonds as well as tropical papaya and exotic coconut flakes, it brings a lovely holiday vibe to the rolling hills of the UK countryside. 

We also love the large crunchy banana chips that are super satisfying and filling when you're in need of a re-charge. The only downside is that the high sugar levels mean you risk exceeding your daily limit if you wolf down the whole bag in one go!

What a delight this multipack of mini fruit mixes from Whitworths is! Each bag contains high-quality, delicious-tasting apricots and mango, which are known to support digestion thanks to their high fibre content.

We love that these little bags are just the right size to pop into kids' lunchboxes or serve up as a healthy after-school snack. Sadly though, they're very high in sugar compared to some of the other mixes on our list.

We've selected this product because of the classic blend of super-sugary raisins, tender golden ones and tart cranberries. These usually bitter berries are sweetened up with pineapple juice, making them perfect for curbing your cravings.

Unfortunately, the reason they are so unfathomably sweet is that they do have a very high sugar content. This 300 g pack might be a little too small for many baking recipes too and it's not the best pick for snacking. It could be used for muesli, as long as you balance it with low-sugar brekkies throughout the week.