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date palm, dates, and their products

In Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC) has recently had an exhibition around the date palm. Besides the fruits were still presented many other products made from date palm and its fruits can be produced. Furthermore, the issue of pest control and reproduction of palm trees were dedicated to some items.

a first The date
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The date is considered very healthy food. Not for nothing it is called "the sweet bread of the desert" called. Theoretically, human beings could live on only water for years (even better camel milk) and dates, without suffering any shortage.
Dates contain virtually no fat, but about 70% sugar (50% fructose and 50% glucose). Dates have to account for easily digestible sugars and proteins a high nutritional value and deliver not to mention all the important Proteins, minerals and vitamins.
you have a high content of vitamins C and D, vitamins of the B group and are rich in calcium, zinc, copper, iron, magnesium and phosphorus. The potassium content in dates is even higher than in bananas. Due to the very high fiber content (higher than whole wheat bread), they promote a good digestion.
addition to the well-known of these fruits can Tafeldatteln many other products are made. After harvesting, the dates sorted and divided into three main categories:
Tafeldatteln
Industriedatteln and
Futterdatteln

01.01 Tafeldatteln

fruits of this category after sorting disinfected in special smoking chambers and washed. Then the dates air dried in special cabinets and matured to a certain degree of uniform. In store, they are then stored and packed shortly before the sale. Plain bearings (about 20 ° C) packed fresh dates easily one year shelf life. They are then offered in countless variations.









surprise addition to the many types of packaging, the enormous variety of Dattelsorten. Just in the United Arab Emirates (the UAE are not the largest growing area), there are 80 different species. The pictures are a few different varieties to see in three different stages of maturity.








2.1 Industriedatteln

After sorting, these fruits in syrup (below ) or date paste processed.



In certain countries (eg Chad / North Africa) and sugar from dates obtained. No wonder it included dates up to 70% fructose.
from the nuclei, even a coffee substitute can be obtained. The picture below shows the left and right of the Dattelkaffee Dattelzucker.



3.1 Futterdatteln

The third and final category is the Futterdattel . These fruits are processed into various animal feeds.

first second Dattelholz
from the wood of the date palm are made different products. Under the name of PFP (Palm Fibre Polymer) sells a variety of building materials company. PFP has bound a palm wood fiber with a plastic. PFP is ideal for the production of profile material, flooring, furniture, ceiling tiles, etc.

PFP is weather resistant, temperature resistant and easy to edit (like wood).

Dattelholz is also suitable for making furniture and other home accessories.

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3rd 3rd The leaves

The leaves are used as raw material for traditional weaving here. The leaf fibers can be dyed and processed well. The variety of designs is almost limitless. In the pictures are hand-workers and some of these products to see.








first 4th pests

Since date palms are sometimes infested with pests, it is unfortunately not without chemicals. In the pictures, some of these pests are seen.






first fifth Palm breeding

devoted a large part of the exhibition, the reproduction of date palms . Since the sowing date pits statistically only 50% female and hence fruit bearing plants emerge, has long been started on other ways to grow new plants. An established method is breeding by plant tissue. Including new plants under laboratory conditions on specific culture media drawn. This results in only fruit-bearing plants require a precisely definable variety. In the pictures are such young plants, some still to be seen in test tubes.











From a such plants growing up in about 8 years a fruit-bearing palm tree. Palm trees can bear fruit for up to 100 years.