Author(s):

Swati Sharma, AK Sharma, Kaushik Banerjee, Kalyan Barman and Vishal Nath

Abstract: Drying of grapes is a very old practice adopted in various parts of world. Raisins have low to moderate glycaemic index and high nutritive value. In India, raisins are mainly prepared in Sangli, Solapur and Nashik districts of Maharashtra and Bijapur district of Karnataka. Raisins are also imported from several countries in India. However, evaluation of the quality of imported raisins has not been conducted by any agency in India till date. Thus, this study was undertaken to ascertain the physical, biochemical, nutritional quality attributes, microbiological safety and pesticide residues of imported raisins available in Indian markets. In this study, few evaluated samples showed slight deviations from the prescribed international standards. This study ascertained that the quality of imported raisins available in Indian markets is comparable to the raisins prepared in India and quality of the majority of the samples complied with the Codex Alimentarius standards.

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