What's the difference between sultanas, currants and raisins?

Answer 1

coming from different kind of grape with different shape:
sultanas= green grape
raisins= red grape
currants=black grape

Answer 2

Sources of confusion are that not all speakers of English make clear distinctions between different types of dried grapes (raisins, sultanas, currants), and that golden-coloured raisins made from other grape varieties may be marketed as sultanas.

In addition, virtually all California raisins are produced from the sultana (or Thompson Seedless) grape, even those which, because of different drying processes, do not resemble the traditional sultana raisin.


The term sultana is not commonly used to refer to any type of raisin in American English; as most American raisins are from sultana grapes, they are called simply raisins or golden raisins, according to colour. The latter, which at least in colour resemble the traditional sultana raisin, are artificially dried and sulfured, in distinction to `natural' raisins.

All non-organic sultana grapes in California and elsewhere are treated with the plant hormone gibberellin.

The sultana raisin was traditionally imported to the English-speaking world from the Ottoman Empire (hence the name sultana, from the feminine form of sultan) and Turkey and Australia are major producers.

Answer 3

I have wondered this myself and come to the conclusion a sultana is a white grape, a currant is a black grape and a raisin is more of a deep red grape.

Answer 4

different name
Sultanas- The short answer, at least in this country, is that sultana raisins are golden raisins and you can find them everywhere.
Currants-there are different currants:Ribes includes the currants, including the edible currants (blackcurrant, redcurrant and whitecurrant), gooseberries, and many ornamental plants. The Ribes currant should not be confused with the Zante currant, which is a kind of dried grape.


Raisins- are dried grapes. They can be eaten raw or used in cooking and baking. They are produced in many regions of the world, such as the United States, Australia, Chile, Argentina, Mexico, Greece, Turkey, Iran, and South Africa.

Answer 5

Water. They are all grapes, but with different amounts of water taken out. Sultanas are the juiciest, raisins have been dried a bit more, and currants are dried the most, and so have the strongest flavour.

You can get different types, such as Muscatel, but these are grape varieties. They're all dried grapes.

Answer 6

Sultanas are golden raisins (green grapes)
Currants are from a small seedless grape
Raisins are dark (Dark grapes)

Answer 7

They are all dried fruits. Sultanas, Dried plums, currants and raisins, dried grapes.

Answer 8

currants are from berries, sultanas and raisins from grapes

Answer 9

Raisin are from green grape...
Sultanas are from black grape...
Currants are from 13amp plugs.... lol

Answer 10

Raisin = dried red grape
Sultana = dried seedless yellow or green grape
Currant = dried berry (various varieties)