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Dried Dates

Dried dates are preserved date fruits commonly eaten as snacks or used in desserts, sauces, and savory dishes.

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About Dried Dates

Dried dates are the dried fruits of date palms, sold whole, pitted, chopped, pressed, or sometimes as a paste. They are eaten as snacks and used in desserts, cakes, breads, confectionery, fillings, sauces, stews, grain dishes, and other sweet or savoury foods.

Their flavour is intensely sweet, fruity, and caramel-like. Texture ranges from soft and chewy to firmer, depending on cultivar and moisture level. The date cultivar and drying treatment are unspecified, so sensory differences among products cannot be attributed more precisely.

They are typically brown to nearly black, with wrinkled or glossy skins and soft, chewy to firm flesh. Some forms retain the pit, while others are mechanically pitted or processed into pieces or paste; chopping, pressing, and paste-making make the fruit more uniform and change its handling in recipes.

Ingredient type
whole food

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Desserts

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dried dates

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Dried Dates nutrition & diet

Dried Dates nutritional value

Dates, dried, flesh and skin

Per 100 g of the edible portion in the stated food form.

Calories
235kcal
Protein
2.4g
Carbs
58.7g
Fat
0.6g

Reference values apply to the named food form, not every preparation, variety or brand. CoFID 2021 food code 14-394. Carbohydrate follows the dataset’s available-carbohydrate convention. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/.

Portions & preparation

Treat dried dates as a concentrated fruit ingredient and portion them according to whether they are eaten whole, chopped, pressed, or blended. Check for added syrup, sugar, oil, or a pitted versus unpitted form; preparation and recipe distribution can substantially change the edible amount.

Compare the right form: Match references to the same date variety and dried form, including pitted, unpitted, chopped, pressed, or sweetened edible fruit.

Diet considerations

Dried dates are plant-derived fruit and fit plant-based patterns when plain. Added coatings, fillings, dairy, gelatin, or other processing ingredients can change compatibility. Because moisture has been removed, the dried fruit supplies a portion-dependent carbohydrate pattern that differs from an equivalent volume of fresh dates.

AI-authored reading notes · Awaiting editorial review. Measured values, where available, have a separate source above.

Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Not established
  • Vegetarian
    Not established
  • Pescatarian
    Not established
  • Keto
    Not established
  • Paleo
    Not established
  • Low-carb
    Not established
  • Halal
    Not established
  • Kosher
    Not established
What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Vegetarian · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Pescatarian · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Keto · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Paleo · Not established
The ingredient form and processing have not been assessed against this dietary pattern.
Low-carb · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Halal · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
Kosher · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish kosher status.

For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: UK Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID), 2021 — Dates, dried, flesh and skin ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.

Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.

The ingredient description and dish connections come from the draft catalogue and may change after review.

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