Games Copy Editors Play: Find the Antecedant

From the back of a package of raisins:

For generations, Sun-Maid has been America’s favorite raisin. That’s because we are committed to bringing you the best that nature has to offer. They’re 100% natural.

What plural noun does they refer back to, exactly?

Fortunately, in the very next line there are not one but two clues:

Just grapes and sunshine is all we put in them.

One clue is the ingredient list; the other is the choice of verb, which nobody involved in the writing, editing, or approval of this copy had a problem with.

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