| By their very nature, all fruit baskets, especially the | | | | coated, sometimes, with chocolate or other spreads |
| original ones, qualify as edible fruit baskets. After all, | | | | to make them more palatable. Granted, this type of |
| when a fruit basket was filled with nothing but fruit, | | | | basket is usually only offered in certain countries of |
| by definition everything in them was edible and | | | | Southeast Asia and does not account for the |
| therefore qualified as an edible fruit basket. But with | | | | confusion here in America regarding the phrase, but it |
| today's more competitive marketplace, fruit baskets | | | | does lend some mystery to the term. |
| have grown to include much more than food items. | | | | In general, edible fruit baskets are built around food |
| In an attempt to differentiate them from fruit | | | | themes to make them more attractive to the public. |
| baskets that contain non-food items, the term edible | | | | For example, certain edible fruit baskets contain a |
| fruit baskets was born - again nobody knows exactly | | | | selection of organic fruit, combined with small |
| where, or when, or who first used it - to signify a | | | | amounts of organic nuts and candies. Others |
| fruit basket containing only items that could only be | | | | concentrate on foods from certain areas of the |
| eaten. Nothing drinkable; no wines, no organic juices | | | | world such as France, Italy or China. Whatever can |
| were included, nor were any jams or jellies or | | | | be combined into one edible fruit basket and be |
| spreads. Essentially, edible fruit baskets don't contain | | | | thought of as a special treat will be made available to |
| anything that should be left over after a short-lived, | | | | a public willing to try them. The single most popular |
| sumptuous feast of its contents. | | | | edible fruit basket today has to do with health. |
| Some people get confused by the term "edible fruit | | | | Packed with perfect fresh organic fruit, granola, nuts, |
| basket." They think that the basket itself is edible - | | | | raisins, sugar-free candy, trail mix and a bounty of |
| and in some cases they are correct. There are types | | | | other items all created from the prospective of |
| of edible fruit baskets where the basket is weaved | | | | eating healthy foods, this edible fruit basket outsells |
| out of soft edible grasses or noodles and even | | | | all other edible fruit baskets almost three-to-one. |