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Raisins are simply sweet grapes that are dried (naturally, in sunlight).

One cup of grapes provides about 100 calories, and more than a quarter of the daily recommended doses of vitamins K and C. Grape seeds, which are edible but bitter, are full of antioxidants.

‘Merlot’ comes from merle or merlau (local dialectical words for ‘blackbirds’), due either to the dark skin of the grape, or because blackbirds readily eat the grapes off the vine.

Raisins are sweet grapes dried in the sun