What are the properties and characteristics of gray dates? How to grade Xinjiang gray dates

Gray dates and red dates are two common date ingredients in our daily life. Gray dates are a kind of fruit with health benefits. It is a kind of date, also called winter dates, wild dates, and jujubes. Its fruit is gray-black, sweet in taste, rich in nutrients, and contains a variety of nutrients that are beneficial to the human body. The following will share with you the properties and characteristics of gray dates!

Contents of this article

1. What are the properties and characteristics of gray dates?

2. How to grade Xinjiang grey dates

3. How many gray dates should you eat a day?

What are the properties of gray dates?

The fruit is obovate, with a slightly thinner and slightly skewed body. The average fruit weight is 12.3 grams, and the maximum fruit weight is 13.3 grams. The fruit shoulder is round and oblique, relatively thin, and slightly raised. The stem pit is small and medium-deep. The fruit top is broad and round, with a slightly concave apex. The fruit surface is relatively flat. The fruit skin is orange-red, turning from green to gray before the white-ripening period, and from gray to white when entering the white-ripening period.

The flesh is greenish white, dense, crisp, and contains a lot of juice. It contains 30% soluble solids and 97.3% edible rate. It is suitable for fresh eating, drying and processing, and has excellent quality. The drying rate is about 50%. The flesh of dried jujube is dense and elastic, can recover after being compressed, and is resistant to storage and transportation.

The fruit core is small, with a kernel content of 4% to 5%. In the production area, the fruit sprouts in mid-April, begins to bloom in late May, and matures and is harvested in mid-September. The fruit growth period is about 100 days.

How to grade Xinjiang gray dates

Grades and quality standards of Bachu Elaeagnus jujuba and grey dates:

The size of Bachu big sand dates is similar to that of gray dates, but most of the Bachu big sand dates have reached grade three or above: the longitudinal diameter of the fruit is more than 2.7 to 2.9 cm.

How many gray dates should be eaten a day?

7-10 pieces.

For normal people, eating about 7-10 gray dates a day can meet the nutritional needs of the human body. Eating in moderation can play a variety of roles such as replenishing qi, nourishing blood and calming the mind. However, gray dates are warm foods and contain a lot of sugar. Eating too much will increase the burden on the body, easily causing symptoms such as getting angry and gastrointestinal discomfort, and it is also easy to cause blood sugar fluctuations.