You can also sweeten your tea, coffee, or any other beverages with this syrup. Although we know that it is so useful and beneficial, there are common questions that many people might have about date syrup. So, we are going to answer all of them so you will become completely knowledgeable about this product and all its usages. How is date syrup produced? At the end of extraction by using the tested previous procedures individually, the mixture was centrifuged (10,800× g) at 30±5°C for 25min. Then the supernatant was collected. The percentage of date syrup extraction with hot water, enzymatic extraction, microwave and ultrasonic extraction were 38.94%, 83.10%, 77.52% and 83.96%, respectively (Ganbi and Hassan 2012). Therefore, it seems that ultrasonic and enzymatic extractions are efficient methods to apply for juice extracting.

Ice cream with date syrup carries the standard benefits of taste and convenience with an increased appeal to lifestyle and wellbeing. In a study dates were infested by 20 O. surinamensis adults per replicate (Single infestation), and 20 O. surinamensis and 20 Tribolium castaneum adults per replicate (mixed infestation); then the dates were irradiated by a 60Co source at 0.3 and 0.9kGy for exposure times of 32.15 and 96.46min. Radiation at these doses for 2days after infestation led to a complete control without causing any damage to the irradiated dates in the single and mixed insect treatments. After 45days of infestation and following irradiation, regardless of the dose, no live insects were detected in the single infestation treatment. In mixed infestation, a dose of 0.9kGy was sufficient to cause 100% mortality, but five adults of O. surinamensis were found alive in one replicate of mixed infestation treatment when a dose of 0.3kGy was applied (Al-Kahtani et al. 1998). One hundred percent mortality occurred in the most resistant development stages of the insects by 0.5kGy irradiation; 0.25kGy is enough and effective for preventing the development of insects (Barreveld 1993). Al-Yahyai R, Al-Kharusi L. Physical and chemical quality attributes of freeze-stored dates. Int J Agric Biol. 2012; 14(1):97–100. [ Google Scholar]

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