Fruit Storage Baskets

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Updated 15/04/2021

Everyone should have fresh fruit available in the home. But not in just any bowl. Some fruit needs the air to keep it fresh, lest it have one side become a little mushy. To keep your fruit from such a mushy fate, we give you fruit storage baskets. Keep that fruit clean and edible, those apples crisp, those oranges sweet and tangy, with fruit storage baskets.

Buying Guide

Fruit storage baskets are the perfect place to keep your bananas, apples, and oranges. They allow air circulation while keeping fruit protected from bruising or contact with other foods. Some of the baskets are made from natural materials, while others are formed using wire mesh. Each has their uses.

What are the most popular types of fruit storage baskets?

Fruit bowl and banana hanger

Display the fresh fruit for family snacking in an attractive, square wire mesh basket with an attached banana hanger. Apples and oranges can be used to fill up the basket while the hanger keeps the bananas from lying on the counter where pressure will quickly cause them to bruise. Best of all, the attractive display might encourage family members to get in their three servings of fruit per day.

Traditional Three-tiered Hanging Basket

Nothing says “this kitchen is for food prep” quite like the traditional three-tiered hanging basket especially when it is well-filled with fruits and vegetables. The smallest basket at the top is a handy place to keep smaller items such as garlic or lemons, while the lower baskets can be used to create an enticing display of apples, oranges or other fruit. Often made from metal mesh, these baskets make an attractive addition to your kitchen décor.

Metal Mesh Wall Baskets

Neat, utilitarian wall baskets are perfect for keeping root crops and fruit displayed and ready for use. The spacious metal baskets make it easy to organize your farmer’s market shopping or the haul from the local department store. Better yet, display the fruit you have carefully grown in your own garden to best advantage.

Rolling Fruit Cart

This is a versatile method of storing, displaying and even serving fresh fruit. This little three-tiered cart has metal baskets instead of shelves. You can easily use it to store potatoes, turnips, apples or oranges. Alternatively, fill the shelves with attractive fresh fruit use it to serve dessert at your next dinner party.

What are some of the most interesting designs of produce storage baskets on the market?

The Kouboo Wicker Potato Basket

The Kouboo Wicker Potato is the perfect solution to what to do with that bargain bag of potatoes. Potatoes do not do well in a refrigerator, but left in the plastic bags that usually house them in the store they will quickly rot. Yet no one loves walking into a kitchen where the kitten or puppy is chasing your root vegetables around on the floor. The Kouboo basket keeps the potatoes corralled in natural wicker which allows them to breathe. A beautiful feature of this basket is the open cavity at the bottom for removing potatoes or fruit from it without having to open the lid.

The Bamboo Apple Collapsible Fruit Basket

Nothing brings reminders of autumn harvest quite like fruiting apple trees, or this amazing apple basket. The Bamboo Apple Collapsible Fruit Basket unfolds into an apple-shaped basket perfect for those late autumn apples. When it is not needed as a basket, it folds flat and can be used as a trivet. Now, that’s doing double duty for sure, folks, especially if you set your hot apple pie on the trivet! The basket is made from bamboo take from sustainable forest sources.