Eat a medium peach instead of the large size we used to come up with our score and you'll get fewer nutrients. The lowest scores go to canned or dried fruit. Still, dried prunes, currants, figs, and dates are good sources of fiber and potassium. Just watch the calories they add up quickly once you exceed our small serving sizes. Dried fruit sticks to teeth.
Canned fruit can have other disadvantages.
Peaches and pears lose points because their fiber-rich peel has been removed. Go for fruit canned in its own juice or water instead. You ll get more out of guava or grapefruit than applesauce or canned pears. But even the lowest-scoring fruit beats a Low Fat Twinkie, hands down. The information for this article was compiled by Wendy Meltzer.