central California As a farmers' cooperative, Sun-Maid is privately owned by 750 families who farm 50,000 acres of raisin grapes in central California.

With community support, the California Associated Raisin Company was established in 1912. In 1915, the brand name Sun-Maid, coined by advertising executive E.A. Berg, was launched; and in 1918 the company opened a new facility near downtown Fresno, California.

Copy: Naturally sun-dried raisins made from the Black Corinth grape. Very dark in color and one-third the size of the average seedless raisin.

Great Central Valley of California As a cooperative, Sun-Maid Growers of California is owned by family farmers who grow raisin grapes all located within 100 miles of each other in the Great Central Valley of California, midway between Los Angeles to the south and San Francisco to the north.

CURRENT STATUS OF GRAPE PRODUCTION Wine grapes are grown in all States, table grapes in all States except Tasmania and raisins in Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia and Western Australia.

Raisins, sultanas, and currants are made from dried grapes. Today, raisins are available at most supermarkets. They can be made from a wide variety of grape types. Different grapes create different flavors and textures in the raisins.

Sun-Maid was formed in 1912 under the name California Associated Raisin Company (CARC). Their goal was to pool advertising resources and stabilize prices. The raisin growers had been suffering from wholesale price swings as more and more growers jumped into sun-dried raisins.

Lorraine Collett Petersen, the model for the glowing young woman on the Sun-Maid Raisin box, died here Wednesday. She was 90 years old. While in high school in 1915, she posed in front of a blazing sun as the curly-haired young woman in a red bonnet clutching a basket of grapes.

But that's actually not the case they're both made from the same type of grape. Green grapes without any seeds the different colors.

The majority of raisins are made from the white seedless Thompson grape. Currants are made in the same way from the Zante grape (see Currants). The grapes are sun dried and the dark color is the result of caramelization of the sugars as the fruit is dehydrated.

You can use Iranian raisins which are the best quality raisins in the world in various forms such as:

• Soak them and use them as a table snack.
• You can top Your Salad with raisins.
• They are widely used in confectionary industry for example in muffins and cookies.
• Mix them with your cereal for a nutritional breakfast.

In monetary terms, 30% of the global raisin market is concentrated in China ($ 896 million), the United States ($ 454 million) and India ($ 444 million) as of 2018. The largest per capita consumption was in the UK (1.5 tons per 1,000 people), Germany (831 kg per 1,000 people) and Japan (825 kg per 1,000 people).

Top 10 raisin-producing countries in the world

1. Turkey. 353,167 metric tonnes.
2. United States. 332,760 metric tonnes.
3. Iran. 122,595 metric tonnes.
4. Greece. 72,861 metric tonnes.
5. Chile. 51,128 metric tonnes.
6. South Africa. 37,049 metric tonnes.
7. Uzbekistan. 32,893 metric tonnes.
8. Afghanistan. 30,281 metric tonnes.

It takes about 14 to 20 days for that tray of grapes to dry down into a finished raisin. Product. And all they have to do for the next 14 to 20 days is sitting out sit out the California Sun.

1912 It all started on a warm day in California's fertile San Joaquin Valley. The year was 1912 when an entrepreneurial group of raisin growers agreed over shared dreams and sturdy handshakes to sell raisins as one. They had no name and no sales plan.

Lorraine Collett Petersen Lorraine Collett Petersen (December 9, 1892 – March 30, 1983) was an American model hired to promote a corporate trademark as the "Sun-Maid Girl". Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. Fresno, California, U.S.