Basra Date Syrup, 450g

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Very interesting. I recently bought grape molasses (haven't used it yet), I'm assuming it is used similarly to the date molasses? I have seen recipes that call for it to be mixed with tehina. From what I've read, the grape molasses seems to be more prevalent in Turkish cuisine, whereas the date molasses is more Iraqi. I'm also wondering if date molasses would be the same thing as date honey? (Apparently the phrase "land of milk and honey" refers to date honey.) In Lebanon and Syria they would douse them with Sugar Water or Honey. In Turkey and Greece they use Grape Molasses, In Iraq and the Gulf they douse them in Date Molasses.....and so on. But it would help if you were careful about the amount of the dates syrup you eat each day. Since dates are high in calories and sugar, you shouldn’t eat much. You can add one or two tablespoons of dates syrup to your diet or just use it as a natural sweetener to avoid consuming sugar or unhealthy sweets. Is date syrup good for diabetics? Ultrasonic extraction: the date fruit pulp was blended 3 times with distilled water and then, the mixture was mixed carefully and the extraction was carried out at 30±5°C for 30min in ultrasonic device (Entezari et al. 2004). Al-Ahmadi SS, Ibrahim RA, Ouf SA. Possible control of fungal and insect infestation of date fruits using ozone. Biosci Biotechnol Res Asia. 2009; 6(1):17–28. [ Google Scholar]

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Saad WZ, Hashim M, Ahmad S, Abdullah N. Effects of heat treatment on total phenolic contents, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities of Pleurotus sajor-caju extract. Int J Food Prop. 2013; 17(1):219–225. doi: 10.1080/10942912.2011.619290. [ CrossRef] [ Google Scholar] Soak your dates in boiling water for 20 minutes to get rid of impurities, discard the soaking water afterwards. Place the soaked dates in a large lidded pot with 1 litre / 4 cups of water. Bring to a gentle boil, simmer, covered, for 1-2 hrs (2 is better if you have time). Date syrup is kept in an airtight jar. It’s better to keep it in a cool place or a refrigerator. Although there is no necessity in refrigerating this product, the refrigerated date syrup can last for a longer period without going rancid.

Ahmed J, Ramaswamy HS. Physico-chemical properties of commercial date pastes ( Phoenix dactylifera) J Food Eng. 2006; 76(3):348–352. doi: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2005.05.033. [ CrossRef] [ Google Scholar] While I do enjoy lot of Dates, but unfortunately I cut down on Dibs wa Thineh.......however I make up on Masgouf and probably Masgouf deserves it's own thread. Suad NA-H, Jiwan SS. Functional foods from date fruits. In: Shi J, Ho C-T, Shahidi F, editors. Asian functional foods. New York: CRC Press; 2005. pp. 491–524. [ Google Scholar] Take a common sweet which is Loqaimat or Lekmet El Kadi which is the same as the indian ones or the Dutch ones and they all are Dumplings. Twenty four different kinds of foods including cereal grains, cereal grain powders, peas, beans and whole spices of foods were treated with 0.5 to 50ppm ozone (gas phase) at 10°C for 1h. Riboflavin was stable during treatment, with over 90% retention of vitamin B 2 in all food samples, even with treatments of 50ppm ozone. Thiamin decomposition was detected in some food samples of flours and spices treated with 50ppm ozone. Losses amounted to up to 40% in products with high surface areas, but minimal losses (∼10%) were seen in whole grain and bean products (Rice 2012). Extensive use of ozone (110–120ppm) will chemically destroy a variety of amino acids (Rice and Gomez-Taylor 1986), but there is no evidence that the use of ozone at levels suggested for food preservation will cause any destruction of amino acid (Rice 2012).

Safe and healthy date syrup is a natural product, which doesn’t have any additives, such as sugar or preserving chemicals. Therefore, date syrup is considered to be one of the healthiest sweeteners you can consume.

Thermal processing is one of the conventional preservation methods which assures processed foods to be safe and shelf-stable (Ramaswamy and Chen 2002), so by giving time at a specified temperature to the food it can be ensured that the products do not pose a public health problem (Holdsworth 2004).