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Product Overview
Chinese Date Extract is sourced from the ripe fruits of the Rhamnaceae family plant, the date tree. Using Chinese dates as raw material, it undergoes extraction, concentration, and spray-drying processes. The extract contains active ingredients from dates, rich in proteins, amino acids, vitamin C, B vitamins, glucose, organic acids, etc. It is a brownish powder with good flowability, 80-100 mesh particle size, easily soluble, and carries the inherent aroma of Chinese dates.
Chinese Date Extract is widely used in health and functional foods, daily care and cosmetics, the pharmaceutical industry, and feed additives.
Production Process
The production process of Chinese Date Extract:
Carefully select premium raw materials → initial processing → crushing → extraction → filtration and concentration → extraction paste → spray drying → crushing and sieving → testing → packaging and sealing → sterilization and storage.
Main Active Ingredients
Dates contain various active ingredients, including phenols, flavonoids, polysaccharides, vitamin C, pentacyclic triterpenic acids, saponins, lauric acid, tannins, nucleotides (such as cyclic adenosine monophosphate), alkaloids, α-tocopherol, and β-carotene.
- Proteins and Amino Acids
Dates contain 1.2%-3.3% protein and 17 of the 24 essential amino acids the human body requires, including aspartic acid, threonine, serine, glutamic acid, glycine, and more. Some of these amino acids synthesize proteins, while others circulate in the bloodstream to various organs, maintaining normal metabolic balance, essential for health.
- Vitamins
Dates are rich in vitamins, particularly vitamin C, with 600-800 mg per 100g of flesh, surpassing oranges, lemons, and other fruits. Dates also contain necessary vitamins like A, B, and D.
- Trace Elements
Dates are abundant in trace elements and minerals such as calcium, magnesium, potassium, sodium, phosphorus, chlorine, sulfur, iron, zinc, and selenium. Each 100g of flesh contains approximately 41mg of calcium, 23mg of phosphorus, and 0.5mg of iron, all vital for bones, blood, and enzymes. Regular consumption helps balance inorganic salts in the body.
Effects and Functions
Taste and Nature: Sweet, warm, entering the spleen and stomach channels
Functions: Boosts energy, nourishes the blood, calms the mind, and moderates medicinal properties.
Applications
- Traditional Chinese medicine: Qi Date Granules, etc.
- Health products: Chinese Date health foods.
- Food products.
Plant Source
The product comes from the ripe fruits of the Rhamnaceae family date tree. Harvest occurs in autumn when the fruits ripen. After removing impurities, the fruits are dried in the sun or baked until soft. Some are briefly boiled to soften the flesh before sun-drying.
Plant Characteristics: Deciduous small trees, occasionally shrubs, up to over 10 meters tall; bark is brown or gray-brown; long branches, short branches, and budless branches (new branches) are smoother and reddish-purple or gray-brown, zigzagged, with 2 stipular spines, long spines reaching up to 3cm, thick and straight, short spines curved downward, 4-6mm long; short branches are short and thick, protruding from old branches; new branches are green, drooping, either single or in clusters of 2-7 on short branches.
The drupe is oblong or long-oval, 2-3.5 cm long, 1.5-2 cm in diameter, red when ripe, turning red-purple later; the mesocarp is fleshy, thick, sweet; the stone is sharp-pointed at both ends, 2-chambered, containing 1 or 2 seeds. Fruit stalks are 2-5 mm long; seeds are flattened oval, about 1 cm long, 8 mm wide.
Distribution: Native to China, widely cultivated in Asia, Europe, and the Americas. In China, distributed across Jilin, Liaoning, Hebei, Shandong, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan, Gansu, Xinjiang, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, growing at altitudes below 1700 meters in mountainous areas, hills, or plains.
Growth Environment: Dates grow at elevations below 1700 meters in mountains, hills, or plains. They are warm-loving trees, thriving in regions with an average annual temperature around 15°C. Budding requires temperatures between 13-15°C, branching and leaf development between 17°C, flowering and fruit-setting between 22-25°C, and fruit maturation between 18-22°C.
Main Uses: Dates can be processed into candied dates, red dates, smoked dates, black dates, wine dates, and jujube toothpicks, as well as date paste, date flour, date wine, and date vinegar, making them valuable in the food industry. The wood is used for carving, making vehicles, ships, and musical instruments. China's highest annual jujube production is 368,000 tons, with large exports of jujube and related products, boosting trade and the economy.
Packaging and Transportation
Storage Conditions: Sealed, kept in a cool, dry, and well-ventilated place, away from high temperatures
Packaging Options: Bulk: 25kg/cardboard drum, Sample: 1kg/aluminum foil bag, can be customized to client requirements
Shipping Methods: Express or logistics, domestic express delivery arrives within 3 days, logistics within 5 days. Prices generally include domestic shipping costs
Shelf Life: Two years
