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Ripe purple-red plums packed side by side, round fruits with a dusty pale bloom over their skins
The pale dusty bloom on a plum's skin is a sign of freshness — it rubs off, it is not a fault.

One of the most reliable fruits for gentle daily regularity — sorbitol and soluble fibre work together.

Rich in anthocyanins (the natural colour pigments that make fruit red, purple or blue) and vitamin C — meaningful antioxidant contribution at ordinary portions.

Dried plums (prunes) are the single best-evidenced food for post-menopausal bone density.

Plums have been cultivated on the Iranian plateau for millennia. Fresh in summer, dried (ālū-Bokhārā) year-round, they are the classical Persian sour-sweet accent in khoresh-e ālū and gently opening for a sluggish bowel.

Known to botanists as Prunus domestica.

Bone density, bowel regularity, and vascular (relating to the blood vessels) antioxidants are three of the quietest levers of healthy aging. Plums deliver all three in a fruit that the Persian pantry keeps fresh and dried.