Raisin measurements can describe loose or packed fruit. BatchLadle keeps those states separate so a cup quantity does not hide the preparation used to establish it.
Read the packing state
King Arthur supplies separate loose and packed raisin relationships. A packed measure is not a correction that can be silently applied to the loose record.
Women’s Weekly Food supplies a level 250 mL cup relationship, but the entry does not explicitly establish packing beyond the general level-measure guidance. It is not a separately verified packed-raisin reference.
Keep additional preparation in notes
If the recipe asks for soaking, draining, or chopping, retain the order and the original amount. Those instructions should not disappear when a line is matched to raisins.
The available reference should not be assumed to establish a different prepared state. Use a stated weight or retain the original unit when the match is incomplete.
Keep the relevant distinction in totals
Combine compatible raisin rows only after inspecting their states and units. A source-measure amount and a physical-volume amount need an appropriate relationship before they can become one gram total.
Keep optional fruit substitutions as recipe notes. A measurement conversion does not establish that another dried fruit will behave identically in the recipe.