Raisins are the dried form of grapes. These are sweet, dried, seeded or seedless grapes which are packed with sugary sweetness. We export brown, green, golden, yellow and black raisins. All these varieties of raisins are because of different grape variety and drying procedure.

In India grapes are cultivated in various regions like Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and in northern-western states on India. Maharashtra is considered as the biggest cultivator of grapes and producer of raisins. The only raw material required to manufacture raisins is grapes.

Raisins are rich in carbohydrates, Vitamin B, iron and potassium.

The word ‘desiccated’ is often assumed to be a variety of processing not dissimilar to shredding, but actually, it means ‘to dry out and remove all moisture’. Desiccated coconut is made by grating the white, mature coconut flesh finely, before drying out in hot air at about 55°c.

It retains about 3% of the coconut’s moisture but is dry to the touch and taste

The desiccated coconut you’ll find most often is finely grated but it can also be shredded, flaked or processed into granules or chips.

Desiccated coconut is found frequently in Indian and South-East Asian cooking and cuisine but is commonly stirred into or used to ‘top’ a variety of desserts, cereals and baked goods in the UK and Europe.

Sugar is produced at eleven sugar mills across Madhya Pradesh which together has the capacity to crush 40,000 tonnes of sugarcane per day. All these sugar factories are equipped with the state of the art technology to produce pure white crystal cane sugar of the highest purity.

It is a natural ingredient that has always been part of the human diet. Carbohydrates comprising sugars and starches are broken down in the body into glucose. Sugars are an important source of energy with glucose being the most important for the body. Our brain requires around 130 grams of glucose per day to keep functioning.

Some sugars are found naturally in foods (e.g. fruit, vegetables and milk) while others are used during processing and cooking.