Dried Figs
The fig tree is one of the oldest cultivated plants in the Mediterranean, found in ancient Cypriot archaeological sites dating to the dawn of agriculture, referenced throughout the Old Testament, and still growing wild along Greek roadsides today. The Smyrna fig, dried to a golden-amber softness in the late summer sun, is one of the most naturally complete…The fig tree is one of the oldest cultivated plants in the Mediterranean, found in ancient Cypriot archaeological sites dating to the dawn of agriculture, referenced throughout the Old Testament, and still growing wild along Greek roadsides today. The Smyrna fig, dried to a golden-amber softness in the late summer sun, is one of the most naturally complete foods available: dense in natural sugars, fibre, calcium, potassium, and iron, it sustained sailors, soldiers, and farmers for centuries without refrigeration.Our Organic Dried Figs are sun-dried using traditional methods: no artificial preservatives, no sulphites (which are commonly added to retain colour and extend shelf life in commercial dried fruit…
