Dates

part of: Date Palm

The sweet, edible fruit of the date palm, including fresh, dried, and specific cultivar varieties like Medjool and Deglet Noor.

Farmed
photograph to come — from twenty years of markets, farms and kitchens

Nutrition (per 100g)

Energy 290kcal
Protein 2g
Carbs 67.2g
Fat 0.2g
Fibre 9.7g Sugar 65.9g
Mass Distribution

1 date, pitted is about 7.1 g — roughly 20 kcal of this.

What it costs the planet (per kilo)

Carbon ≈1.15kg
Freshwater ≈257.29L
Land ≈1.29

≈ Estimated — worked out from a category-typical value further up its supply chain. Where this comes from →

Where it comes from

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Where this data comes from

Nutrition data from

FSANZ + USDA

How it was calculated

Analysed

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