The
sultana is a "white" (pale green), oval seedless
grape variety also called the
sultanina,
Thompson Seedless (United States), Lady de Coverly (England), and oval-fruited Kishmish (
Iran,
Turkey,
Palestine,
Russia). It is assumed to originate from the Asian part of the
Ottoman Empire. In some countries, especially
Commonwealth countries, it is also the name given to the
raisin made from it or from larger seedless grapes; such
sultana raisins are often called simply
sultanas or
sultanis. These are typically larger than
Zante currants (which are actually a kind of dried grape, not
currants in the botanical sense), and the Thompson variety is smaller than many seeded raisins. In the USA and Canada, the name "raisin" is applied to all dried grapes, so that the breakfast cereal known as "Sultana Bran" in
Australia and the
United Kingdom is called
Raisin Bran in the
United States and
Canada.