High Calorie Fruits

What fruits would be considered the most calorie dense. I know only of bananas when it comes to fruits that are high in calories.

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Permalink Reply by cbs on December 13, 2009 at 5:15am

Can you order some of these things for a decent price online? We dont have a lot of these fruits here and I could use more variety then mostly bananas.

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Permalink Reply by cbs on December 13, 2009 at 7:26am

I am sending you a pm! :-D I am not sure if I like them but I'm sure it will be good.

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Permalink Reply by fruitbatanne on December 13, 2009 at 11:49am

Dear cbs ♥,
I think Robertishere.com is a good place for ordering the sub-tropical exotics in the States.
Have not had personal experience because I live in Australia.
Best wishes with finding more the exotic denser fruits ♥
Love and Peaches XX

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Permalink Reply by Taylor Snipes on December 13, 2009 at 11:35am

Hey Anne,

First of all, you are so cool! I just have to tell you that =)

I've never had Abiu. I have 2 farmers who grow it but don't sell it because they only get a few per year... one farmer said it took 23 years for the first fruiting, and it was just 2 or 3 fruits!

Have you ever had the "Pantin" variety of mamey? The texture of that is pretty smooth, kind of wet and pudding like. See the photo below. Is green sapote smoother than this?? I don't know how that is possible. LOL!

Interesting that you think that about the caimito / star apple... I notice that you said you find them more "nutrient dense" rather than calorie dense... I am assuming this was a conscious choice on your part, yes? If so, very interesting. I tend to trust your judgment when it comes to something like this as you have been eating a fruit diet for almost as long as I've been alive, and for about the same amount of time that I have been eating solid "food". Also, do you have any different of an opinion on the nutrient density of the different colors of caimito, such as the green or the red/burgundy?

Lastly, I'm not such a big fan of canistel... I over ate on it once and felt very sick, haven't liked it much since. Have you ever had a similar experience?

Best,
Taylor

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Permalink Reply by Jason-TOL on December 13, 2009 at 11:59am

mmmmm my mouth is watering!!!

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Permalink Reply by fruitbatanne on December 13, 2009 at 12:02pm

Dear Taylor ♥
I hope you get to try Abiu, they are amazing ♥ one guy sells them,at a local market for 50 cents each, but you have to get up pretty early early to score any!
I have not tried the 'Pantin'. I don't think the Green Sapote looks smoother than that.
The orange colour is less vibrant in the Green Sapote flesh and it has less of a sheen.

I did mean nutrient dense regarding the Star Apple/Caimito, I sometimes find it hard to look at a fruit just in terms of calories, which can seem a bit limited and 'linear' to me.
I think Caimito are very nutritious, and I am far more drawn toward the deeper coloured purple ones than the green varieties. So I guess they contain more of what I need than the green variety.
I also find that the bit right inside the skin is important nutrient-wise.

I cannot eat too much Canistel, definitely a fruit for sharing!
Half a fruit at a time is just about my limit.
So I have not (fortunately) over eaten on them.
Love and Peaches XX.

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Permalink Reply by Jane E Lythgoe on December 9, 2011 at 11:39am

Are black sapote really like chocolate!? Never had them. Want to try.

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Permalink Reply by Jane E Lythgoe on December 23, 2011 at 3:49am

Just had ripe black sapote. It definitely has a chocolate pudding (or cooked sweet potato) texture—but not a chocolate taste. Carob gets closer in taste to chocolate than sapote I think.

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Permalink Reply by fruit loves me on December 13, 2009 at 5:11am

Fruitbatanne -
can you get all of these in Australia?

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Permalink Reply by fruitbatanne on December 13, 2009 at 12:04pm

Dear Anne ♥,
yes you can.
Although they mostly in the sub-tropics and tropics.
Durian only grows in the tropics in Australia.
Happy fruit hunting ♥
Love and Peaches XX.

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Permalink Reply by Jane E Lythgoe on December 9, 2011 at 11:38am

So want to taste peanut butter fruit!

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Permalink Reply by Taylor Snipes on December 12, 2009 at 4:23pm

How many lbs would you call a medium-sized fruit? Dragonfruit is like 35-40 calories per 100 grams, that'd have to be a HUGE fruit to have 500 calories. Maybe you're thinking of something else?