Well the spelling for one thing :lol: :lol:
Can you tell i dont do cooking

 

Sultanas belong to the grapevine family (Vitaceae) and are native to the Caspian Sea. Currants, sultanas and raisins, including those still on the bunch, are known collectively as "raisins". The difference between these three dried fruits is explained below:

Sultanas: seedless, large-berried and light yellow. Larger than currants and smaller than raisins.
Currants: seedless, small-berried, purple/black color. Their name derives from the Greek city of Corinth.
Raisins on the bunch: seeded, large-berried, generally with stalk.
To produce: the grapes are grown on the sultana grapevine. The grapes are harvested when overripe. They are then either air-dried or increasingly dried in special drying plants. Most sultanas are bleached, sulfured after drying and mechanically destalked in order to extend their storage life and prevent subsequent discoloration. Such treatment must be indicated appropriately on the packaging. Treatment with vegetable oils is intended to prevent the sultanas from sticking together.

Due to their very high sugar content, sultanas are very sweet and similar in flavor to honey.

 

Of the 3 types of dried fruit, garyc, you only managed to spell Sultanas correctly. I'm ashamed of you!

Raisins and Currants are the correct spellings of the other...

Google is your friend:

Raisins are dried white grapes usually of the variety 'Muscatel'. The main producers are the USA, Turkey, Greece and Australia.

Sultanas are small raisins. They are seedless, sweet, pale golden in colour and come mainly from Turkey.

Currants are dried, black, seedless grapes originally produced in Greece. They were known as 'raisins of the sun'.

 

Sultanas belong to the grapevine family (Vitaceae) and are native to the Caspian Sea. Currants, sultanas and raisins, including those still on the bunch, are known collectively as "raisins". The difference between these three dried fruits is explained below:

Sultanas: seedless, large-berried and light yellow. Larger than currants and smaller than raisins.
Currants: seedless, small-berried, purple/black color. Their name derives from the Greek city of Corinth.
Raisins on the bunch: seeded, large-berried, generally with stalk.
To produce: the grapes are grown on the sultana grapevine. The grapes are harvested when overripe. They are then either air-dried or increasingly dried in special drying plants. Most sultanas are bleached, sulfured after drying and mechanically destalked in order to extend their storage life and prevent subsequent discoloration. Such treatment must be indicated appropriately on the packaging. Treatment with vegetable oils is intended to prevent the sultanas from sticking together.

Due to their very high sugar content, sultanas are very sweet and similar in flavor to honey.

this was to be my next post and you had to go and spoil it Mark :wink: :lol:

 

Sultanas belong to the grapevine family (Vitaceae) and are native to the Caspian Sea. Currants, sultanas and raisins, including those still on the bunch, are known collectively as "raisins". The difference between these three dried fruits is explained below:

Sultanas: seedless, large-berried and light yellow. Larger than currants and smaller than raisins.
Currants: seedless, small-berried, purple/black color. Their name derives from the Greek city of Corinth.
Raisins on the bunch: seeded, large-berried, generally with stalk.
To produce: the grapes are grown on the sultana grapevine. The grapes are harvested when overripe. They are then either air-dried or increasingly dried in special drying plants. Most sultanas are bleached, sulfured after drying and mechanically destalked in order to extend their storage life and prevent subsequent discoloration. Such treatment must be indicated appropriately on the packaging. Treatment with vegetable oils is intended to prevent the sultanas from sticking together.

Due to their very high sugar content, sultanas are very sweet and similar in flavor to honey.

this was to be my next post and you had to go and spoil it Mark :wink: :lol:

:lol: :lol:

The power of google :wink:

 

Did anyone know without recourse to Google? :wink:

And which ones are 'best' for you?

 

Gary

All I know is that any fruit that is treated with Sulphur Dioxide is not going to be as good as a sun dried (natural) fruit. Go to a farmers market or health food store...

I'm not sure why Sultanas, Raisins and Currants would be classified as superfoods :? Unless...

The concentration of Vit C would be greater in dried fruit than normal fruit (by weight) and Sulphur Dioxide treatment is known to reduce the Vit C level more than sunlight.

Also, the darker the variety the more likely that higher levels of tannins would be present. Tannin is also present in grape seeds as well as skins, so given that...

Therefore, I would suggest that because Raisins are darker and have seeds, then sun dried Raisins are the most beneficial of the three mentioned

 

Amazing - I never knew any of that. My old physio just told me Raisins help you pee :?

 

Amazing - I never knew any of that. My old physio just told me Raisins help you pee :?

So does beer and I know which I prefer

 

Only one can be followed by D'etre?

:wink:

 

Only one can be followed by D'etre?

:wink:

Bet there's a reason for that

 

raisins, like a lot of dried fruit, are full of minerals plus antioxidants which fight free radicals in the body (that's not the terror type radicals!!) plus boron (one of the above mentioned minerals) which is good for bone health. Plus they give you instant energy because of the high glucose content.

 

My old physio just told me Raisins help you pee :?

Wrong. They make you poo.

 

My old physio just told me Raisins help you pee :?

Wrong. They make you poo.

I thought figs had that effect.

 

My old physio just told me Raisins help you pee :?

Wrong. They make you poo.

undigested in children :?

 

My old physio just told me Raisins help you pee :?

Wrong. They make you poo.

I thought figs had that effect.

Or food full stop :wink:

 

My old physio just told me Raisins help you pee :?

Wrong. They make you poo.

Thats why I changed my physio....... embarrassing :?

 

My old physio just told me Raisins help you pee :?

Wrong. They make you poo.

Thats why I changed my physio....... embarrassing :?

you never told me you had one :?

 

My old physio just told me Raisins help you pee :?

Wrong. They make you poo.

Thats why I changed my physio....... embarrassing :?

you never told me you had one :?

I did, it was Daniel from TF before Dani :!:

 

My old physio just told me Raisins help you pee :?

Wrong. They make you poo.

Thats why I changed my physio....... embarrassing :?

you never told me you had one :?

I did, it was Daniel from TF before Dani :!:

Ah, a personal trainer :idea:

 

My old physio just told me Raisins help you pee :?

Wrong. They make you poo.

Thats why I changed my physio....... embarrassing :?

you never told me you had one :?

I did, it was Daniel from TF before Dani :!:

Ah, a personal trainer :idea:

I stand corrected mistress

 

My old physio just told me Raisins help you pee :?

Wrong. They make you poo.

Thats why I changed my physio....... embarrassing :?

you never told me you had one :?

I did, it was Daniel from TF before Dani :!:

Ah, a personal trainer :idea:

I stand corrected mistress

:-*