Grapes healthiest fruit

With a unique combination of crunchy texture and sweet, tart flavor, grapes have gained extreme popularity throughout the world. Grape is the second most popular fruit after oranges. It can be eaten as a refreshing snack as well as used in vegetable and fruit salads. It can be consumed in fresh or preserved form. It can be canned in jellies, crushed to prepare juices or wines and dried to prepare raisins. Grapes were introduced to America by the Spanish explorers approximately 300 years ago. Grape growing is one of the largest food industries in the world. Let's know some interesting facts about grapes.

General Facts:
There are more than 60 species and 8000 varieties of grapes all over the world. Some common varieties of grapes are blue, black, green, red, golden, blue-black, white and purple.
The main two types of grapes are European and American. They come in seedless and seeded varieties.
American grapes are available in September and October, while European grapes are available round the year.
The Thompson Seedless is the best selling grape in the USA. Golden raisins are prepared from these types of grapes.
The production of grapes is more than 72 million tons all over the world. There are approximately 25 million acres of grapes throughout the world.
It takes about 2½ pounds of grapes to produce a bottle of wine.
Grapes consist of about 80% of water, which make them a low-calorie snack or dessert. Raisins or dried grapes consist of about 15% of water.
Grapes contain flavonoids that give vibrant purple color to grapes, red wine and grape juice.
One grape cluster has on an average 75 grapes.
One grape vine can grow up to 50 feet long and can have about 40 clusters of grapes.
Eating too many grapes can give a laxative effect.
Fresh grapes can be stored in the refrigerator for about 2-3 days, when kept in a plastic bag or a covered container.