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Dried vine fruit
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Dried vine fruit is a term given to all the varieties of dried grape produced. The need for this term came from the fact that the United Kingdom is the only country in the European Union which differentiates dried vine fruit into different types. On mainland Europe, they are all simply called raisins, whereas in the UK they are differentiated into raisins, sultanas, currants, etc. In this instance the term currant refers to the Zante currant, not the fruit of the Ribes genus.
The UK is the world's greatest consumer of dried vine fruit, consuming roughly a third of the world production.