Fruit Cocktail

part of: Mixed Fruits

Fruit cocktail is a classic tinned product containing a colourful mix of diced fruits — typically peach, pineapple, pear, grape halves, and cherry pieces — packed in fruit juice rather than heavy syrup. It’s a convenient way to have a variety of fruits on hand without buying each one fresh.

It’s a nostalgic staple in Australian kitchens, often served with custard or ice cream, folded into jelly, or used in trifles and fruit salads. The juice-pack variety is a lighter option than syrup-packed versions.

Produced
photograph to come — from twenty years of markets, farms and kitchens

How it's made

Each fruit is prepared separately — peeled, cored, diced, or halved as appropriate — then combined in set proportions. The mixed fruit is packed into cans with fruit juice, sealed, and heat-processed to ensure shelf stability.

Nutrition (per 100g)

Energy 46kcal
Protein 0.5g
Carbs 10.9g
Fat 0g
Fibre 1g Sugar 10.9g
Mass Distribution

1 cup is about 237 g — roughly 110 kcal of this.

What it costs the planet (per kilo)

Carbon ≈0.89kg
Freshwater ≈189.62L
Land ≈0.99m²

≈ Estimated — worked out from a category-typical value further up its supply chain. Where this comes from →

Where it comes from

In the kitchen

Used as

canned mixed fruit side

Goes well with
cream yogurt cottage cheese jelly ice cream
Classic dishes
  • Ambrosia Salad
  • Fruit Cocktail Cake
  • Jelly with Fruit Cocktail

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Where this data comes from

Nutrition data from

USDA

How it was calculated

SR Legacy

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Where to next

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