Raisins

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Concentrated iron, potassium, and boron — a small handful delivers meaningful minerals for bone and blood.

Naturally sweet without added sugar is better than candy for a hungry child or an afternoon slump.

Boron in raisins helps the body use calcium and magnesium well for bone.

Iran is one of the ancient homes of the raisin. You'll find golden keshmesh-e talā'i, tiny keshmesh-e sabz, and dark mavizeh in ājeel mixes, rice pilaf, and on the morning table beside walnuts and tea.

Known to botanists as Vitis vinifera (dried).

In a Persian household, raisins are a small everyday habit that quietly brings iron, potassium, and boron across decades — three minerals that often run low in modern diets.

Boron to help the body use its bone minerals.

Prebiotic (fibre that feeds the helpful bacteria in your gut) fibre for the gut.