National Raisin Company was founded in 1969 by brothers Ernest, Krikor and Kenneth Bedrosian, in the heart of California's San Joaquin Valley. From its early days as a raisin growing and packing operation, the company has expanded and now offers a wide variety of dried fruits and nuts. Today, we are the largest family-owned provider of dried fruit and nut products in California, and quite possibly the world. From the very beginning, innovation has been a key to our success. For example, National developed and introduced the poly paper tray, which revolutionized the sun-drying process by significantly reducing the incidence of mold during wet weather. Since its introduction, the poly tray has replaced virtually every other type of tray and has become the standard in the California raisin i