Fruit comparisons

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Mandarin or clementine? Peach or nectarine? Side-by-side guides to the fruits people most often mix up — with a quick answer, a spec table built from each fruit's real data, and the details that actually matter.

Apple vs Grape: What's the Difference?

Apples and grapes are both everyday fruits, but they differ in botany, fibre, sugar and how your body handles them. A clear side-by-side on taste, nutrition and use.

Apple vs Pear: What's the Difference?

Apples and pears are the two great pome fruits - close cousins with different textures, ripening habits, and flavours. Here's how they compare and how to buy each at its best.

Apple vs Quince: What's the Difference?

They look like cousins in the same bowl — and they are — but one you eat raw and one you almost never do. How apple and quince differ in flesh, taste, and cooking.

Apricot vs Peach: What's the Difference?

Two Prunus stone fruits with velvety skin and a central pit, but a big difference in size, juiciness, and flavour. Here's how apricot and peach compare and when to reach for each.

Blackberry vs Raspberry: What's the Difference?

Blackberries and raspberries are both Rubus brambles built from tiny drupelets, but one keeps its core when picked and the other pulls away hollow. Here's how they differ in structure, taste, and use.

Blueberry vs Blackberry: What's the Difference?

One is a true berry, the other a cluster of tiny drupelets - and they come from entirely different plant families. Here's how blueberry and blackberry differ in structure, taste, and growing habit.

Cherry vs Plum: What's the Difference?

Cherries and plums are close stone-fruit cousins in the genus Prunus, but differ in size, skin, sweetness, and how you eat them. Here's how to tell them apart and when each is at its best.

Fig vs Date: What's the Difference?

Both are ancient, intensely sweet fruits often sold dried - but a fig and a date come from completely different plants and eat quite differently. Here's how they compare.

Fig vs Mulberry: What's the Difference?

Figs and mulberries are both soft, sweet and sometimes confused, but they're unrelated fruits with different shapes, textures and uses. A clear side-by-side.

Grapefruit vs Orange: What's the Difference?

Grapefruit and orange share ancestry but not flavour - one is big and bittersweet, the other smaller and sweet. Here's how they compare and why grapefruit can clash with medication.

Guava vs Feijoa: What's the Difference?

Feijoa is often called 'pineapple guava,' but it isn't a true guava. Here's how the two Myrtle-family fruits compare in look, aroma, texture, and how you eat them.

Guava vs Papaya: What's the Difference?

Two tropical staples, both sweet and soft when ripe, but very different fruits. How guava and papaya differ in flesh, seeds, taste, and standout nutrition.

Highest-Calorie Fruits: 6 of the Richest

Which fruits carry the most calories per 100 g? A ranked look at six of the richest — coconut, dates, avocado, ackee, durian and plantain — and why fat, not sugar, decides it.

Highest-Fibre Fruits: 6 of the Richest

Which fruits pack the most dietary fibre per 100 g? A ranked look at six of the highest-fibre fruits, from everyday passionfruit and coconut to record-holding baobab.

Highest-Sugar Fruits: 6 of the Sweetest

Which fruits carry the most sugar per 100 g? A ranked look at six of the sweetest — from dates and tamarind down to the fresh fruits people actually worry about.

Jackfruit vs Breadfruit: What's the Difference?

Two heavyweight Artocarpus cousins that share a family but not a use: one ripens sweet and fruity, the other is cooked like a starchy vegetable. Here's how jackfruit and breadfruit compare.

Jackfruit vs Durian: What's the Difference?

Two giant spiky tropical fruits that look alike from a distance but taste worlds apart. Here's how jackfruit and durian differ in smell, flavour, texture, and how you eat each.

Kumquat vs Loquat: What's the Difference?

Their names rhyme, but the kumquat and the loquat are unrelated fruits from different families. One is a tiny eat-whole citrus, the other a small orange stone-ish fruit. Here's the difference.

Lime vs Lemon: What's the Difference?

Lemons and limes are different citrus fruits, not ripe/unripe versions of each other. How they differ in colour, sourness, aroma, and when to use which.

Longan vs Lychee: What's the Difference?

Longan and lychee are close relatives with translucent white flesh, but differ in size, skin, sweetness and season. A clear side-by-side on the two soapberry fruits.

Loquat vs Apricot: What's the Difference?

Small, orange, and spring-ripening, the loquat is often mistaken for an apricot - but they come from different genera and eat quite differently. Here's how to tell them apart.

Lowest Sugar Fruits: 7 to Reach For

The lowest-sugar fruits worth eating — from avocado and lemon to berries and watermelon — ranked by real sugar per 100 g, with why fibre matters as much as sugar.

Lychee vs Rambutan: What's the Difference?

Lychees and rambutans are tropical cousins with sweet, translucent flesh around a single seed, but the lychee has a bumpy red shell while the rambutan is covered in soft hairy spines. Here's how they differ.

Mandarin vs Orange: What's the Difference?

The mandarin is one of the parents of the sweet orange, which explains why they're so close - and why they still differ in size, peel, and flavour. Here's how mandarin and orange compare.

Mango vs Papaya: What's the Difference?

Two tropical breakfast favourites from different plant families. Here's how mango and papaya differ in flavour, texture, seeds, and how you prepare each.

Medlar vs Loquat: What's the Difference?

The loquat is nicknamed the Japanese medlar, but a true medlar is a different fruit that you eat almost rotten. Here's how medlar and loquat really differ in season, texture, and how you eat them.

Pawpaw vs Papaya: What's the Difference?

The names get mixed up constantly, but the pawpaw of North America and the tropical papaya are unrelated fruits from different continents and families. Here's how to keep them straight.

Peach vs Plum: What's the Difference?

Two summer stone fruits from the same genus, easy to mix up at the market. How peach and plum differ in skin, flesh, taste, ripening, and best uses.

Pear vs Quince: What's the Difference?

Two pome fruits that can look almost identical, yet behave completely differently in the kitchen. How pear and quince differ in texture, taste, and use.

Per Calorie, Ash Gourd Beats Baobab on Fibre

Rank fruits by nutrient per calorie rather than per 100 g and the winners change. Ash gourd tops fibre, camu-camu delivers 100 mg of vitamin C per calorie, and the usual champions drop.

Persimmon vs Date-Plum: What's the Difference?

The persimmon and the date-plum are both Diospyros fruits, but the persimmon is large and orange while the date-plum is a small, dark, date-sized fruit. Here's how they relate and how each is eaten.

Persimmon vs Tomato: What's the Difference?

A ripe persimmon can look uncannily like a tomato, but one is a sweet fruit and the other a savoury one from a nightshade vine. Here's how to tell persimmon and tomato apart.

Pineapple vs Mango: What's the Difference?

Two icons of the tropical fruit bowl, but pineapple and mango come from different families and eat completely differently. Here's how they compare in structure, taste, and prep.

Plantain vs Banana: What's the Difference?

Plantains and bananas are close cousins in the same genus, but one is a starchy vegetable you cook and the other a sweet fruit you eat raw. Here's how to tell them apart and use each.

Quince vs Pear: What's the Difference?

A quince looks like a lumpy golden pear, but you can't bite into one raw. Here's how quince and pear differ in texture, flavour, and why one needs cooking and the other doesn't.

Soursop vs Cherimoya: What's the Difference?

Both are custard-apples with creamy white flesh, but soursop is bigger, tarter, and spiny while cherimoya is sweeter and smoother. Here's how to choose between these Annona cousins.

Soursop vs Durian: What's the Difference?

Soursop and durian both wear green spiky skin, but inside they couldn't be more different — one tangy and creamy, the other rich and pungent. A clear side-by-side.

Soursop vs Sugar-Apple: What's the Difference?

Both are Annona custard-apples with creamy white flesh, but soursop is large, green, spiny, and tangy while the sugar-apple is small, knobbly, and intensely sweet. Here's how to tell them apart and eat each.

Types of Berries: A Guide to the Main Kinds

Strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, and more - most 'berries' aren't botanical berries at all. Here's a guide to the main types and how they're built and taste.

Types of Cherries: Sweet, Sour, Wild & Ornamental

Sweet and sour cherries, plus wild relatives like the cornelian cherry, chokecherry, bird cherry, and capuli - a guide to the main kinds of cherry, how they taste, and which are for eating versus cooking.

Types of Citrus: A Guide to the Main Fruits

Oranges, lemons, limes, grapefruit, mandarins, and pomelos all descend from just a few wild ancestors. Here's a guide to the main types of citrus and how they differ in taste and use.

Watermelon vs Cantaloupe: What's the Difference?

Both are summer melons sold by the slice, but watermelon and cantaloupe come from different genera and behave nothing alike in the kitchen. Here's how they differ in flesh, rind, seeds, and taste.

Yuzu vs Lemon: What's the Difference?

Yuzu and lemon are both sour yellow citrus, but yuzu is far more aromatic and mostly used for its zest and juice. How they differ in flavour, use and availability.