One of the healthier dry fruit options found in Pakistan is the Anjeer dry fruit. This dry fruit has been eaten since ancient times and has been known for its multitude of benefits since at least ancient Greece. Even in Pakistan, it is probably the most popular dry fruit made from an actual fruit.

Because of this, and with the start of the new year, people are curious about the Anjeer price in Pakistan. The manifold health benefits that this dry fruit provides, combined with a delicious taste, make for a food that many people are interested in buying and eating.

So, in this article, we will tell you all that you need to know about this dry fruit.

Current Anjeer Price in Pakistan in 2024

We might as well give you the most sought-after information at the very beginning. Let’s start with the price of this dry fruit at the beginning of the new year.

The current Anjeer price in Pakistan is around 4500 to 5500 rupees for one kilogram of this dry fruit. If you do not know, this puts it on the upper end of dry fruits in terms of cost, next to nuts like cashew nuts and pistachios.

Unfortunately, this high price often means that people living in Pakistan are able to eat very little of this dry fruit. But, with the manifold health benefits that you can gain from eating this food (as we will explain below), we still think that this dry fruit should not be ignored.

The Health Benefits of the Anjeer Dry Fruit

In this section, we will tell you about just some of the major health benefits that you might not have known you can get from the consumption of this dry fruit.

Digestive Health

One thing that is common to many dry fruits, but that the fig has been especially known for is that it is a great way to both maintain the health of your gut and treat any sort of issue like constipation.

The anjeer dry fruit contains a high amount of fiber. What fiber does is soften the stool that passes through your intestines, making it easier to pass. In addition, fiber also plays a major role in promoting the growth of good bacteria in your stomach. Which it does via acting as a food source for them.

Women’s Health

The anjeer dry fruit has been used for the health of pregnant women and women trying to get pregnant for more than a thousand years. The Anjeer is thought to increase both vitality and fertility in the woman, leading to higher chances of conception.

The iron in this food also helps to prevent conditions like anemia, which can happen as a result of the additional blood requirements that come from the growth of a fetus.

Cancer Prevention

Figs contain a large amount of antioxidants, even more than many other fruits. What antioxidants do is prevent and reduce the formation of free radicals in the body. These free radicals are thought to be the main cause of many chronic diseases in the body.

Figs contain phenols, in particular, which are thought to be great for preventing the growth of cancer cells in particular.

Anjeer Fruit Calories

Now that we have told you the benefits, it is important to talk about the anjeer calories, as that is an important factor in the consumption of any food, let alone dry fruit.

A single raw fig will have somewhere around 30 calories (or more). But the thing about dry fruit is that it concentrates all of the nutrients and, in particular, increases both the calories and sugar content.

Dried anjeer calories can be more than double, between 60 to 70 calories. What this means is that you will be getting a much larger portion of your daily calorie requirements from the dried version of this food than the fresh fruit.

Fig Dry Fruit Precautions

While the fig is definitely one of the more beneficial dry fruits that exist today, just like any food, there are still some downsides or things that you should be careful of when consuming this food.

One of the first and most obvious is that, being a fruit, figs contain a lot of sugar. The fig dry fruit, being a more concentrated version of the fresh fruit, will have an even larger amount of sugar for the same amount.

What this means is that if you deal with any sort of blood sugar-related issue like diabetes, then you have to be very careful with the amount of figs that you are consuming. Otherwise, it may become problematic for you to control your blood sugar.

The other side of being useful with constipation is that eating too many might cause stool to become too loose, causing diarrhea and related issues.

The fig dry fruit as opposed to the fresh fruit will as stated above have a large amount of calories. So, for those looking to manage their weight, it would be a good idea to be mindful of the amount of this dry fruit you eat, just like any other dry fruit.

How often do you eat fig dried fruit? Let us know in the comments below!