Iranian dates

There are several features about dates and Iranian palm dates when you want to buy it, like color, moisture’s degree and their benefits,but there is a question, are these features enough to recognize a high quality date?

Dates are extremely popular products which also known as “Khorma” in different countries such as Iran, Turkey, India ,etc. There are almost 15 varieties of dates in Iran, which are highly calculated. Each variety of Iranian dates has its own features, for example:

Sayer (Istamaran ) dates should be dark brown and its moisture should be around 18%.

Zahedi dates should have less moisture than others and its color should be yellow.

Mazafati dates which is the most popular dates between Iranian dates all around the world should have dark color and its moisture should be high.

Piarom dates which also known as a luxury dry fruit should have dark brown color.

And fully ripe KabKab has dark brown color.

In addition to good color and moisture degree, there are other characteristics which are common between palm dates, like freshness. Maybe it’s the most important point that you should pay attention when you choose dates to buy. Fresh dates do not have bad smell, they have thin skin and also have extremely good taste.