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Our Dried Plums

According to legend, the Ente plum is a unique variety.

The fruit after drying became the world famous « Pruneaux d'Agen » was originally from Damascus. These trees were grafted to other varieties by French monks. Some evidence remains of its cultivation from the early fifteenth century. The dried plum (prune) was a favourite food for sailors in the seventeenth and eighteenth century, this was due to its durability and helped to fight of scurvy.
Plum trees were planted for the first time in the area by monks of the Abbey of Clairac during the 18th Century. Clairac is a little town in Lot-et-Garonne, not very far from Duras where we are situated. The plums were dried using a process inspired by Roman methods.

The dried plums were transported along the Garonne river on « Gabarres » (special flat bottomed boats) from Agen to the port of Bordeaux. This is why they are called dried plums from Agen.

Generation after generation of the Guinguet family have continued to be passionate about the production of dried plums and never cease to be involved in new ways of transforming them.

Today in our larger new retail shop and production facilities, one will discover all of our specialities.

We offer a large variety of gifts, specially packaged for your delight.

The dried plums of Agen are pasteurized and unpreserved. Our sachets (500g) contains 33/44 pieces or 28/33.

Metal box of one kilo. Melting prunes, gauge: 28/33.

The prunes : also very marrowy, are available in different quantities (5kg, 6kg and 10kg)

Desserts from Agen. Prune cream and jam of prunes of ente, prunes, apples and vanilla nuts jam but also sirups prune or red wine prunes and many other specialities.

Prunes lined with the prune cream. Incontestably oldest of the confectioneries " prune", reserved for the amateurs!

Dried plums coated with chocolate, a surprising delight with delicious plums and heavenly chocolate.

Prune pastes. Delicious paste of fruit with prune (without preservative) which you will find natural; coated with chocolate or with a nut in decoration.