WELCOME TO THE PRODUCE FLAVOR ZONE: What does a Pluot taste like?

First of all —— What is a pluot? A pluot is a hybrid cross between a plum and an apricot. It is 75% plum and 25% apricot. It looks like a plum on the outside.

A pluot tastes like a sweet, rich plum with a hint of apricot flavor. It hardly has a bitter tartness like a regular plum. 

Pluots have low acid and lack that harsh sourness often found in the skin of plums. The flavor is rich and tropical as a ripe apricot. They are sweeter than a traditional plum or apricot because of their high natural sugar.

There are various varieties of pluots like Black Kat which is dark purple black with a deep golden flesh and exceptionally rich in sugar. The Flavor King is reddish purple and has a rich, spicy wine-like plum flavor. Dapple Dandy – or sometimes called Dinosaur Egg – is pale green or yellow skinned with red speckles and a pink, highly sweet flesh. The Flavor Grenade is more of an oblong shape with green-yellow skin and a crisp, juicy, texture like a sweet apple or nectarine flavor.  

In order to enjoy the flavor of pluots, you have to bite into the varieties and judge them for yourself. But we know you will enjoy something different in the flavor of stone fruit.