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Sun-maid |
Sun-maid naturally dried raisins, made from grapes of the fines quality |
| | Sun-maid raisins | Grape tendrils, and therefor raisins exist for ages already in nature. Growing grapes started over 2000 years ago in the Middle East. They were consumed fresh, or were treated into wine and raisins. Back then grapes were a popular and valuable trading good.
Sun maid raisins is a 100% natural product, and contains many energizers and vitamins. But why are they healthy? To answer that question we will explain the process of producing Sunmaid raisins.
During late August, when the grapes have attained their optimum sweetness, farmworkers carefully hand-pick the grape bunches and arrange them on rows of clean paper trays next to the vines. The grapes dry naturally in the sun for two to three weeks. They are placed in wooden bins and transported to Sun-Maid's 130 acre processing plant located in Kingsburg, California.
After harvesting, the raisins are then collected and trucked to the receiving yard at Sun-Maid's massive Kingsburg plant. The facility can store more than 300 million pounds (or 150,000 tons) of natural condition raisins.
Upon delivery, the raisins are thoroughly inspected. These inspections are only the start of a long series of tests and inspections ranging from laboratory analysis to high-tech scanning by laser beams. Each step in the process is designed to produce the highest quality product - one worthy of the Sun-Maid brand.
In Sun-Maid's state-of-the-art packaging facility, 25 automated packaging lines fill 30 different Sun-Maid package types printed in 14 different languages. These packages range in size from a consumer's 1/2-ounce miniature carton to an 1,100 pound container. All packages pass through a series of built-in metal detectors and check-weighs to further insure the high quality of Sun-Maid products. Sun-Maid has led the industry in research, and development of state-of-the-art raisin processing equipment, including patented stemmer and capstemmer machines.
| | | | | The vines | Variaty of grape bunches and arrange them on rows of clean paper trays next to the vines
Because Sun-Maid is a grower-owned cooperative, our growers have a direct interest in producing the finest, premium-quality raisins in the world. The growing and harvesting of Sun-Maid raisins is a painstaking, year-round effort and one of the most labor intensive in agriculture.
Vineyard tending and raisin harvesting are still accomplished almost entirely by hand, much the same way it was done a century ago. Raisins are made by drying freshly picked grapes. About 95 percent of Sun-Maid's raisins are produced from Thompson Seedless grapes.
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