The same is true of regularly dried fruit with nothing added.
The reasoning I've heard is that it is a lot easier to eat multiple servings of dried fruit than fresh. For example, if hungry, you're likely to eat one apple. But that same volume in dried will be 3 apples. Hence, more calories, which ultimately is what it's all about.
Fresh gives you the benefit of water, your body having to break the food fibers down, etc. which dried does not.
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