Live from SupplySide Global 2026, Nutritional Outlook’s Nicholas Jacobus speaks with Michael Anthonavage, VP of innovation at Vitaquest International, about the company’s 2027 consumer trends forecast and how it’s shaping supplement formulation.
|Articles|February 25, 2021
Raisins
Fun fact! Raisin production was once one of the most labor-intensive crop activities in North America, requiring between 40,000 and 50,000 workers in a typical six-week harvest to cut bunches of green grapes and lay them to dry in the sun. However, labor shortages led to the use of a new method called dried-on-the-vine, which allows for machine harvesting of the dried raisins.
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Raisin production was once one of the most labor-intensive crop activities in North America, requiring between 40,000 and 50,000 workers in a typical six-week harvest to cut bunches of green grapes and lay them to dry in the sun. However, labor shortages led to the use of a new method called dried-on-the-vine, which allows for machine harvesting of the dried raisins.
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