Quality and Acceptability of Processed Products from Date Fruits Cultivars Grown in the United Arab Emirates PDF

Keywords

date products, United Arab Emirates, Quality

Abstract

A variety of value-added processed products of acceptable quality were prepared in the laboratory from five different date fruit cultivars being grown in the United Arab Emirates. All of the processed products were free from aerobes except for the pickle-in-oil and chutney samples which had very low total plate counts. No molds, coliforms or members of the enterobacteriaceae were detented in any of these products. Among all the products prepared, dates-in-syrup, jam and butter were found to be the most acceptable to the panelists and thus may have commercial potential. All these processed date products had good shelf lives when stored at room temperature.