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A raisin is a dried grape. Raisins are produced in many regions of the world and may be eaten raw or used in cooking , baking , and brewing . In the United Kingdom, Ireland , New Zealand, Australia and South Africa , [ 1 ] the word raisin is reserved for the dark-colored dried large grape, [ 2 ] with sultana being a golden- or green-colored ...
The Zante currant is one of the oldest known raisins. The first written record of the grape was made in 75 AD by Pliny the Elder, who described a tiny, juicy, thin-skinned grape with small bunches. [6] The next mention is a millennium later, when the raisins became a subject of trade between Venetian merchants and Greek producers from Ionian ...
A raisin in French is called raisin sec ("dry grape"). A currant is a dried Zante Black Corinth grape, the name being a corruption of the French raisin de Corinthe (Corinth grape). The names of the black and red currant, now more usually blackcurrant and redcurrant, two berries unrelated to grapes, are derived from this use. Some other fruits ...
Viburnum cassinoides, commonly known as northern wild raisin, blue haw, witherod viburnum, or swamp haw, is a deciduous shrub native to eastern North America in the viburnum family, Viburnaceae [2] [3] (also referred to as Adoxaceae).
In the US, most raisins, including those with the typical dark brown color, are made from the sultana grape, the Thompson Seedless. The term "sultana" refers to golden-colored dried grapes, which may also be called "golden raisins" (such as marketed by Sun-Maid, a California-based raisin grape growers' co-op and legacy brand). Any grape may be ...
National Raisin Reserve; S. Sultana (grape) Sun-Maid; W. White raisins; Z. Zante currant; Media in category "Raisins" This category contains only the following file.
The other half are sold as an ingredient to bakeries and cereal companies as raisin paste and raisin concentrate. The Thompson Seedless grape is the most popular variety used to make raisins. Besides raisins, Sun-Maid sells a full line of dried fruit, such as figs, dates, cranberries, apples, prunes, apricots, and tropical fruits.
Grewia flava, the brandy bush, wild currant, velvet raisin, or raisin tree, is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae, native to southern Africa. [2] A common shrub species, it is spreading into grasslands due to human rangeland management practices, and increasing rainfall. [3]