grown in California because of its high productivity, wide soil adaptability, seedless fruit, and versatility for use in different grape and raisin products. About 95 percent of California raisins are currently produced from ‘Thompson Seedless’ grapes, followed by ‘Fiesta’ (3 percent) and ‘Zante Currant’ (1.5 percent). The remainder are produced from ‘DOVine,’ ‘Muscat of Alexandria,’ “Sultana” ...

AIM Oxidative stress can initiate increased inflammation that elevates risk for cardiovascular disease. The objective of this study was to determine the effects of daily consumption of raisins on markers of oxidative stress, inflammation and endothelial activation in response to an acute high-fat meal in overweight individuals. METHODS Seventeen overweight men and women consumed 90 g raisins ...

Raisins (Vitis vinifera L.) are dried grapes largely consumed as important source of nutrients and polyphenols. Several studies report health benefits of raisins, including anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties, whereas the anti-inflammatory activity at gastric level of the hydro-alcoholic extracts, which are mostly used for food supplements preparation, was not reported until now. The a...

in recent years immense interest has been focused on the use of solar dryers especially when taking into consideration economical and ecological aspects and increasing in fuel costs. the aim of this study was to compare the qualitative factors of raisins made by five different drying methods. at the first step, pretreatments were applied to grapes (var. sultanas) and then the grapes were dried ...

background and objectives: snacks are important parts of diabetes patients’ diet. the aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of moderate amounts of dates and raisins, as nutritious snacks, on blood glucose, and to compare these effects with sugar in patients with type 2 diabetes. materials and methods: this crossover clinical trial was performed on 15 patients with type 2 diabetes...

Two different methods of incorporating advertising effects into Almost Ideal Demand Systems (AIDS) are presented. Both advertising schemes are designed to allow theoretical restrictions to hold globally rather than at particular sample points. The models are estimated for California figs, prunes, and raisins. Empirical results indicate that generic advertising effects for these three dried frui...

in an experiment, chemical composition, phenolics and fermentation parameters of different parts of raisin co-products (rc) were determined using in vitro gas production with or without polyethylene glycol (peg). different parts of rc included rejected raisins, pedicle, rachis, mixture of raisins, pedicle and rachis, and shekarak (a powder product obtained following sorting of raisins for packi...

The aim of the work is to study copper content in food for nutritional support and correction deficiency children from high-risk group. method neutron activation analysis was used determine products plant animal origin. turned out be high (from 50 100 μg / g) - milled wheat bread, black raisins, moderate concentration 10 – sumalak , as well dried apricots, walnuts, peanuts, pears, almonds, apri...