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Fruit stall owner Lai Saw Hee, 70, checking the pineapples, pomelos, bananas and other fruits on sale at his stall near the Ayer Itam market in Penang. -CHAN BOON KAI/The Star

PETALING JAYA: Another prickly fruit has emerged as the top fruit produced in Malaysia, but it isn’t our mighty durian.

The pineapple has taken the number one spot as the fruit with the highest production volume in 2022, based on the latest data by the Agriculture and Food Security Ministry.