A special kind of fruit farm - right in the heart of the New Forest New Forest Fruit is one of the largest soft fruit producers on the South Coast; it grows the UK’s earliest, sweetest soft fruit in the heart of the New Forest at East Boldre. Read more below about the farm itself.   New Forest Fruit Snacks ‘New Forest Fruit Snacks’ was recently awarded the ‘2-stars: Outstanding’ award in the Great Taste Awards and these great snacks can now be found in over 80 Waitrose stores across the UK as well as in a number of local shops in the New Forest (see below). The ‘Outstanding’ great taste award is given to products that are ‘Above and beyond delicious’. Judges commented on the fact that the pulsing technology is very impressive and innovative and that in addition to retaining their ‘attractive shape and colour’, the strawberries also have an amazing meringue-like texture which is vibrant and incredibly fragrant. The background to New Forest Fruit Snacks 'Pulsed Dried Fruit' evolved when CEO Sandy wanted to discover an alternative way to use any second-class fruit other than for jam processing. This led him to discover a new technology called