Top 8 fruit cakes tested

THERE are a lot worse snacks than fruit cake. Made well, it will include fresh eggs, butter, and good quality fruit which could sustain us for a few hours.

There is usually added sugar too which is the downside, as there is a lot of natural sugars in the fruit already, so the total of sugars could be as much as 40%. Think of fruit cake portions in terms of a finger and a treat, avoiding huge chunks of it.

A reader who is on the move a lot asked for this survey, mainly as he is so disappointed with what is available.