My wife and daughter bought some dried fruits for pasalubong to family and friends when we were in Bangkok earlier this year. We've enjoyed dried fruits from Cebu, particularly the mangoes from there but I have to say that the best dried fruits in terms of variety and quality are the ones you can get in Thailand. That includes the dried durian and durian chips that you can get in Thai stores. Here are a couple of packs we got and enjoyed. I wasn't able to take photos of the other varieties but they were really good and didn't last long after opening (i.e., we finished eating them immediately as they were so delicious).
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I still think we have the best mangoes in the Philippines but the dried mangoes from Thailand were right up there in taste and quality. Note, too, the "extra low sugar" indicated in the package. I don't recall we have those here but perhaps we should as mangoes typically contain a lot of natural sugar and people watching their sugar probably will hesitate getting these unless they read the label.
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The dried pineapples were also great. Again, note the "low sugar" on the packaging.
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We will definitely get these the next time we're in Thailand or if we see them in local stores. I don't exactly remember the price of a pack containing four varieties of dried fruits but they were not cheap and not expensive. This is probably the higher end products as you can also get dried fruit in the markets or supermarkets in Thailand that will be cheaper.
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