Visit our team at FoodEx Japan | March 11-14, 2025
Visit our team at FoodEx Japan | March 11-14, 2025
Indulge in the natural sweetness and exquisite flavor of our fresh USA dates. Bursting with flavor and a melt-in-your-mouth texture, each date is a luscious, wholesome treat when enjoyed on their own or incorporated into your favorite recipes. Dates are a great option to substitute processed sugars. Use them as an on-the-go snack, to bake desserts, as salad toppings or to sweeten your protein smoothies!
The Deglet Noor date originated in Algeria and the surrounding North African regions. Deglet Noor dates are smaller in size with a translucent amber color.
Flavor: Robust, honey-like flavor.
Usage: Due to their firm texture, Deglet Noor dates are often used in cooking, baking, and as a natural sweetener. They can be easily chopped or blended and incorporated into different recipes.
Known for their sweet, caramel like taste and plump chewy texture they are a pure and wholesome superfood picked straight off the tree.
Flavor: Sweet, caramel-like flavor.
Usage: Medjool dates are commonly enjoyed as a snack on their own or used in desserts, such as energy bars, cookies, and smoothies.
Medium in size, Zahidi dates are a semi-dry date with a very sweet flavor. While sharing a caramel-like flavor with Medjools, they are a much firmer and chewier texture.
Flavor: Sweet, nutty-flavor
Usage: Zahidi dates can be chopped up and added to fruit salads, oatmeal, smoothies, or yogurt bowls. They can also be used in charcutiere boards to pair with cheese and meat.
A host of other exotic varieties are available in smaller quantities.
Dietary Fiber: A 1/4-cup serving of dates provides 11% of the Daily Value (DV) for fiber. Dates like most plant-based foods contain both soluble and insoluble fibers.
Antioxidant Phytochemicals: Dates are rich in a variety of plant chemicals – such as phenolics, anthocyanidins, procyanidins and flavonoids – shown to protect the body against oxidation.
The body does not store these vitamins and they are best when consumed daily.