The percentage of compounds in date syrup is given below: Glucose: 36.11%, Fructose: 11.2%, Sucrose: 46%, Ash: 45.3%, Dry matter: 3.25%, Acids: 5.5%.
USE OF DATE SYRUP: Date syrup is used for the following purposes: 1. Preparation of soft drinks: These drinks, known in the world as date fruit juice, are supplied to the markets as ordinary carbonated drinks in similar containers. 2. Preparation of pickled dates: Pickled dates are considered a good product that has found wide use in the world. 3. Preparation of date sauce: Date syrup is used for the preparation of sauces due to its pleasant, sweet taste and suitable viscosity. 4. Using syrup in everyday life: date syrup is a nutritious and tasty product. Therefore, its use in its pure form in most families has become widespread with dairy products, with bread, tea, coffee, when preparing some dishes, for sweetening products such as homemade fruit juice, desserts, etc. 5. Using as a sweetener: dates contain more sugar than sugar substitutes, i.e. glucose and fructose. These sugars, unlike sucrose (regular sugar), have relative advantages, they are natural, healthy and their sweetening ability is higher than that of regular sugar. Due to the natural composition of sugars, they are easily absorbed by the body, do not lead to side effects such as obesity, high blood pressure. The problem of high blood sugar and diabetes is caused by the consumption of sucrose (regular sugar), which has led to the market's drive to use date syrup as a sweetener in the following cases. 6. Fruit juices: "date juice" is used as a sweetener and flavoring agent in the production of certain juices, such as lemon, apricot and peach, which are combined with dates in taste. 7. Making fruit ice cream: The transparency of color, pleasant taste and compatibility with other additives are the main factors when choosing this product for use in making ice cream. 8. Use in making flour products: Date syrup is used as a strong sweetener in the production of various types of cookies, cakes, halva.