Al Dykes wrote:

I am a recent to a largely veggie diet and I find I've deleloped a
weakness for raisins and probably eat too many and I know thay have
lots of sugar. Is eating raisins only a little better than eating
sugar candy ounce for ounce ?

Raisins are dried fruit and contain a lot more than just sugar: fibre,
minerals, vitamins, antioxidants.

But do make sure you clean your teeth well after eating them, they stick
like hell and the high sugar content promotes tooth decay.