Thompson Seedless Grapes

Californians are familiar with the Thompson Seedless grapes, which are commonly offered as "table grapes" among other popular types including Flame, Sultana, and Muscat. It was named after William Thompson, a Scottish immigrant who popularized the variety in the mid-1870s in California. The grapes came from a cultivar known as Lady de Coverly, which he obtained from a New York nursery.

Thompson Seedless grapes are the most common type of green table grape sold at grocery stores. In fact, it’s the most popular type of grape in the United States. An oval-berried, pale to amber green, seedless variety of grape widely cultivated worldwide for table use and for drying as raisins. Thompson Seedless is very sweet and produces thin clusters of large berries in large, long bunches. This is currently the number one variety grown in Australia.

Thompson Seedless Grapes is a calorie-dense fruit. Each cup contains 104 calories, therefore one to two cups can be eaten as a reasonably sized snack. The majority of those calories come from carbohydrates, with 27 grams of total carbs per cup of grapes, including about 1.5 grams of fiber. Grapes, like most fruits, are low in protein and fat, with only 1 gram and a quarter gram per serving, respectively. Because carbohydrates are your body's preferred source of energy, grapes can be a healthy method to obtain an energy boost, even if they don't have the best nutritional profile.