Basra Date Syrup, 450g

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National Toxicology P NTP toxicology and carcinogenesis studies of ozone (CAS No. 10028-15-6) and ozone/NNK (CAS No. 10028-15-6/ 64091-91-4) in F344/N rats and B6C3F1 mice (inhalation studies) Natl Toxicol Program Tech Rep Ser. 1994; 440:1–314. [ PubMed] [ Google Scholar]

Niakousari M, Erjaee Z, Javadian S. Fumigation characteristics of ozone in postharvest treatment of kabkab dates ( Phoenix dactylifera L.) against selected insect infestation. J Food Prot. 2010; 73(4):763–768. [ PubMed] [ Google Scholar] You can benefit from all the fruit of date’s nutritional values in its syrup, including potassium, protein, different vitamins, and fibre. Moreover, date syrup can become one of your favourite ingredients for making cakes, biscuits, and any other sweets. Generally, date syrup lasts around 18 months. The expiration date written on the date syrup is the “best by” date of using it. But, it doesn’t mean that the product will go rancid after that time. Usually, it is common to still being safe to consume this product after its expiration date. How to make date syrup at home?The process of making Date syrup is not complicated. It can even be made at home. However, the mass production of date syrup is a bit different. Generally, to make the dates syrup, the dates are cooked in water. 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). Dewanto V, Wu X, Adom KK, Liu RH. Thermal processing enhances the nutritional value of tomatoes by increasing total antioxidant activity. J Agric Food Chem. 2002; 50(10):3010–3014. doi: 10.1021/jf0115589. [ PubMed] [ CrossRef] [ Google Scholar] 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.)

Riganakos KA. Food irradiation techniques. In: Arvanitoyannis IS, editor. Irradiation of food commodities: techniques, applications, detection, legislation, safety and consumer opinion. London: Elsevier Science; 2010. pp. 23–42. [ Google Scholar] Date syrup and maple syrup are both natural products, which contain many health benefits. So, they are both healthy. However, the potassium, calcium, and magnesium level in date syrup is twice higher than the ones in maple syrup. Wilkinson VM, Gould GW. Food irradiation: a reference guide. New York: CRC Press; 1996. [ Google Scholar] Now you wish to talk about Men wa Salwah and you wish to talk about Kebbet Moussel or Masgouf and other pure Iraqi great dishes then indeed they are particular to Iraq. Place a sieve over a large bowl and line the sieve with a large piece of cheesecloth or use a nut bag.Azelmat K, ElGarrouj D, Mouhib M, Sayah F. Irradiation of ‘Boufeggous’ dates: effects on chemical composition during storage. Postharvest Biol Technol. 2006; 39(2):217–222. doi: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2005.10.008. [ CrossRef] [ Google Scholar] Soak your dates in boiling water for 20 minutes to get rid of impurities, discard the soaking water afterwards. Usually, date fruit has been classified into four main maturity stages, i.e., kimri, khalal, rutab, and tamer. Although the date fruit at tamer stage is self-preserving because of its low moisture and high sugar content, date at khalal and rutab stages are very sensitive and perishable due to their high moisture content. In these stages the nutritional values are higher than tamer stage so the consumers prefer rutab. Long term inhalation studies with animals show that ozone is not a systemic poison, nor is it carcinogenic (National Toxicology 1994). With more than 100years of ozone application in a variety of commercial- industrial manufacturing and processing plants, there has never been a death reported from exposure to ozone (Rice 2012).