Dried Jackfruit

You can find purely dried jackfruit or our protein-packed jackfruit jerky for snacking purposes, so no preparation needed!

Fresh Fruit

Fresh jackfruit may be the hardest variety to find, but chances are your local Whole Foods or Asian supermarket will carry it. If you’re buying a whole fruit, make sure to ask about its stage of ripening since it can be somewhat difficult to distinguish ripe and unripe jackfruit from the exterior appearance alone.

Meal Starters

Jackfruit meal starters (often pre-shredded and already seasoned in pouches or boxes) has recently started to increase its footprint. While some of these are plain, shredded jackfruit for maximum flexibility in cooking application, most contain seasoned or sauced jackfruit ready for you to just lightly sauté and enjoy! If you want a meat alternative meal, but don’t have the time to cook everything from scratch, these meal starters are by far the most convenient.

The two most common brands we’ve found in stores are The Jackfruit Co. and Upton’s Naturals, and in the supermarket, you will most likely find them in the packaged meal or ready-to-eat aisle, vegetarian section, or refrigerated and frozen aisles.

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Canned

Canned jackfruit is also widely available in stores, which makes it easier for people who don’t want to worry about breaking down a whole fruit and storing any leftovers for future use (freezing leftover jackfruit is the way to go, by the way). Within the canned realm, there are also several varieties of liquid the jackfruit comes packed in: syrup, water or brine.

You’ll find ripe jackfruit already seeded and packed in syrup, ready to eat as-is or use in desserts and other sweet applications. Young green jackfruit comes packed in brine or water, typically as triangular wedges that can be chopped or shredded for whichever savory dish you’ll be using it in.

Choosing brine or water-packed jackfruit is really a matter of preference—we’ve used them interchangeably in most recipes! Canned jackfruit can also be found in your local supermarket (Trader Joe’s also has their own private label brand!), most likely in the canned food, Asian, or international aisles.