Dates are considered high energy nutritional fruits as they packed with plenty of minerals, vitamins and sugars. Among various options available for processing value addition, dry dates one the best possible alternatives to convert doka/khalal stage fruit into a product. However, technology their production is limited few traditional date growing countries research in expanding areas. Thus, pro...

There are many astringent date cultivars at maturity (Full coloration) around the world. These fruits could not be consumed at this stage due to the presence of soluble tannins. Growers have to wait until about 50% of these bunches reach to the rutab stage (ripening) which represents a major source of fruit loss due to abscission, birds attack and pathogens. Furthermore, late-maturing cultivars...

Barhi dates are widely consumed at Khalal maturity stage and preserving the freshness quality of this is a challenging task as period short fruits more perishable. In study, response surface methodology (RSM) was applied to optimize infrared (IR) treatment storage conditions for physicochemical, microbial, bioactive attributes fresh dates. The effect four factors, IR temperature (50, 70, 90, 11...

Background & Aims: Date palm fruit is one of the highly consumed foods with antioxidant compounds and high nutritive value in Iran. In this study, total phenolic compounds and antioxidant capacity of three varieties of date palm (Hajmohamadi, Kabkab, and Khasi) in three stages of ripening were investigated. Methods: This was a laboratory study. Palm fruits of Hajmohamadi, Kabkab, and Khasi vari...

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date palm (phoenix dactylifera l.) with its delicious and nutritious bearing fruit (dates) is an important agricultural core in iran. to extend the shelf life of date palm fruit, some such methods of preservation as drying are suggested and drying influences physicochemical and quality characteristics of products, thus modeling of drying kinetics is one of the tools for process control. in this...