Prunes are nothing more than dried plums, so one might think they offer the same nutritional value, right? The answer is more ...

If you came up with a better prune, would the world beat a path to your door? That’s what Jim Doyle, a now-retired UC Davis fruit breeder, was hoping in 1992 when he crossed Improved French, the ...

Prunes are a tasty snack, and they may offer health benefits beyond a sweet treat. (Photo Credit: iStock/Getty Images) Prunes are plums that have been dehydrated for preservation purposes. Sometimes ...

• Nutrition: Prunes pack a lot into a small piece of dried fruit. One dried plum contains about 20 calories. That’s 67 calories per ounce of pitted prunes or 418 calories per cup. Prunes are a good ...

What’s in a name? With apologies to Shakespeare’s rose garden: “A prune by any other name would taste as good!” In 2000, the California Prune Board was actively pressuring the Food and Drug ...

Wrinkles can be cool – if you’re a prune. Many of us have had a long love affair with our crinkly, locally grown prunes, even if they weren’t considered the coolest fruit in the bunch. But that’s ...

I don’t just mean those slippery, shrivelled blobs we buy year round at supermarkets or even those large bottles of dark aromatic juice we’re told is so good for us. Prunes are health-giving of course ...

“YOU’RE so lucky -- you live in Paris!” I hear that a lot from people. I guess they’re assuming life here is a nonstop parade of chic Parisians and exquisite chocolates. It’s as if I said to folks ...

Eating prunes daily may help improve cholesterol and reduce inflammation. Prunes appear to offer more benefits than prune juice and may be easier to eat in useful amounts than fresh plums. While most ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Certain ingredients are a hard sell for American diners. Small oily fishes. Organ meats. Sweet fruit soups. And prunes. It’s not that Americans don’t eat ...

Researchers in the UK have examined the effects of prunes and raisins on appetite, and whether the latter undermines weight loss. While it is generally advised that eating fresh fruit as a snack may ...