What's the difference between raisin juice and grape juice?

Question

I'm quite confused.

Answer 1

Due to the fact they are the same thing, they are the same.  But raisins are dry and therefor, less juice comes out, meaning it takes much to raisins to make raisin juice making it more expensive.  They use it to trick consumers.

Answer 2

Raisin juice is a concentrated raisin extract. It is produced by soaking raisins in water to leach a variety of compounds out of them, and then evaporating the resulting liquid to create a concentrated juice. There are a range of uses for raisin juice, many of which are commercial in nature, although some people use raisin juice in home cooking or as a dietary supplement. Raisin juice can be purchased in large quantities from companies which supply commercial confectioners, and it can also be found in smaller amounts at health food stores and some markets.

The concept of raisin juice might seem a bit odd, since raisins are, after all, dried grapes, and grape juice is an already well known substance. However, raisin juice is not the same thing as grape juice. Because raisins are dehydrated, raisin juice is in turn a highly concentrated substance, with less water than grape juice. Raisin juice is also intensely sweet, as typically sweet varieties of grapes are used to make raisins, and their sugar content increases with dehydration.

Answer 3

Raisin juice sounds plane nasty

Answer 4

Raisins are dried grapes.  From the definition, that means they have very little liquid in them.  Where have you ever seen raisin juice? .....Whenever I bake with raisins, I plump them up by soaking them in brandy, rum or orange juice for at least an hour before using them.  I suppose you could drink the marinade afterwards:)

Answer 5

Since raisins are dried grapes, I'd imagine raisin juice is thicker with less water volume.

Answer 6

Raisin juice is brown and a much different, less sweet taste yet is much more concnetrated, if you will, than grape juice.  There really is a vast difference between them.