Iran Sultana Raisin
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What are Sultanas?
What are sultana raisins, and what can I use if I cannot
find them?
A. The short answer, at least in this country, is that
sultana raisins are golden raisins and you can find them
everywhere.
But we seldom go for the short answer, do we?
There appears to be a good deal of imprecision in the raisin
arena. There are three common names for raisins in the
English-speaking world — sultanas, currants, and raisins. Of
course, sultanas and currants are raisins — that is, dried
grapes — and among purists the word raisin is supposed to be
used for any raisin that is not a sultana or a currant. But
that doesn't always happen.
Currants are tiny raisins from the zante grape, and are supposed to have been first grown on the island of Corinth in Greece. Generally, currants are more tart than other raisins.
Sultana raisins were originally the product of the Sultana grape, which grew in Turkey. But in this country, 95% of the grapes used for raisin production are the Thompson Seedless variety, which dry and darken in the sunlight, producing the common raisin. The same variety of grape, however, treated with sulphur dioxide and heated artificially stays lighter, moister, and plumper, and these are what are sold here as golden raisins or sultanas. Theoretically, sultanas are sweeter and less acid than other raisins.
raisins include two very distinct products namely currants
and sultana raisins (sultanas).
Currants are produced exclusively in Greece while sultana
raisins are produced and in other parts of the world. The
main producing countries of sultana raisins except Greece,
are Turkey and the U.S.
Currants are black grapes that are dried under the sun and
consumed mainly as dried fruits in food and sweets or alone.
Sultana raisins are grapes of a white-blonde color which are
dried, treated and then consumed either as food additives or
mixed with other dried fruits.
Raisins sultanas currants
Black raisins (currants) are also called Corinthian raisins
due to the fact that they are mainly cultivated in the Gulf
of the city of Corinth and the surrounding areas, and, being
a highly differentiated product, are unique in the world.
Black raisins (Corinthian raisins) have a very long
tradition in Greece and have been the subject of
agricultural policy measures since the start of the century.
Today, currants and sultana raisins are some of the Greek
products with the largest demand in world markets.
Golden, Sultana, Sun dried raisin, seeded sun dried raisin
We produce best quality different raisins as follows: Seedless
Golden Raisins: Golden raisin is golden yellow to
yellow-amber in color.
It is Thompson seedless raisins which oven-dried to avoid
the darkening effect of sunlight, and treated with sulfur
dioxide to preserve the light color.
Seedless Sultana Raisin: Sultana raisin is seedless, light, and dark brown in color.
Seedless Sun Dried Raisins: This raisin is seedless and dark black in color and produces in a perfect natural condition.
Seeded Sun Dried Raisin: It is seeded raisin and dark brown
in color and big in size.
It produces in a perfect natural condition.
It is use for industrial purpose, too.
Packing: For golden and sultana and sun dried raisins In 5kg, 10kg and 12.5kg, Shrink packs carton and for seeded sun dried raisin in 25kg bag.
Raisin
Dried grape, for eating as a fruit and also used in baking and confectionery. The chief kinds are the seedless raisin, the sultana, and the currant. The main producers are the Mediterranean area, California, Mexico, and Australia.
SULTANA RAISIN PRODUCTION PROCESS
The fresh Sultana variety seedless grapes is dipped in
alkaline olive oil emulsion and sun dried. The product
consist of good sound berries, typical of the current crop
which have been sun dried and stored under satisfactory
conditions before processing.
Finally the sultanas are carried into telescopic cartoon
boxes with blue polythelene liners. 10 or 12.5 kg. Sultanas
are filled in each carton that is scanned by a metal
detector and coded for traceability.
The word Sultana is interchangeable with the word Raisin in
many countries. In Iran and Turkey not only are the terms
often interchangeable, they are also sometimes used together
to describe the same product (Sultana-Raisins).
The temperate zone for commercial Sultana Raisins vine fruit
production stretches from Greece through into Turkey and
follows on through northern Iran and on into Afghanistan.
Each year the acreage under vine fruit production in Turkey
is increasing, resulting in some very large crops and
subsequent historically low prices. The main growing regions
for Turkish Sultanas are around Izmir, Manisa and Denizli.
