Dates

Healthy Food, Healthy People, Healthy Society

Dates are considered a complete diet and a very important item of food. With plenty of vitamins and minerals, date have 25% more potassium than bananas while being free of fats, sodium, and cholesterol. Dates play an important role in the diet and treatment of obesity and are the most important source of energy and food in date producing areas.

The most exquisite species of dates are produced in Iran. The fruit has a large variety and more than 400 varieties of the fruit, some of which acclaimed worldwide, are produced in the southern, southwestern, and southeastern palm groves of Iran. There exists a good opportunity and a large potential for trade in this commodity in Iran. Due to climatic restrictions and the tropical nature of the date palm, dates are produced in 14 provinces of Iran together with Ghasre Shirin and Soumar in Kermanshah province, Tabas in the southern Khorassan province, Khor and Biabanak in Isfahan province, Taroud in Semnan province and extending from central to southern Iran.

In the year 1997, about 230 thousand hectares of land were under date palm cultivation, 83.6 percent of which are productive. Hormozgan province, with a date productivity rate of 29.7 %, ranks first in the country followed by the provinces of Kerman, Khouzestan, Boushehr, and Fars, having a productivity rate of 18.8, 16.2, 11.8, and 11.6 percentages respectively. The production of dates from 192 hectares of palm groves in the country is approximately 877 tons with Kerman province (including Jiroft area) having the highest production share of 22.7 percent. Iran is the largest producer and exporter of dates in the world with exports of 51.2 and 59.3 thousand tons in the years 1996 and 1997 respectively.

Dates processing

Date processing includes several stages such as:
Separation of crown of the seeds, cleaning, drying, moisturizing, polishing, sterilization, pressing, cooling, grading, and packing.

Date fruit production in Iran

In recent years Iran has been as a leading dates fruit producer in the world with an annual production of 900000 metric tons from 218000 ha of cultivated Land.
Date palms grown mainly in South, South East, and South West of the country, and with less important in central of Iran.

Dates Harvesting and Storage

In Iran dates are harvested only per hand, the traditional orchards dose not permits any kind of mechanization for harvesting. The Fruits are harvested, graded and packed in the Orchard, then transported to the cold storage. In recent years there are rapid developments in constructing of cold storage’s. There are more and less still traditional stores for keeping dates, with high losses therefore our aim is to industrialize dates harvesting, packaging and disinfest.

Dates Packing

For your prompt decision, ARIO by having carton making/printing facilities renders extra services:

Our company is always offering high quality products and most favorable service for our buyers, we take quality as important as service.

We supply all our customers with cartons, printing any specified print on them (Name, Address, Logo) according to the customers’ needs.

Types of dates

About 400 varieties of dates are cultivated in Iran, but only some of them, mentioned bellow, because their tastes compose the major kinds.

Dates

Mazafati/ Kimia Dates

  • Description : Fresh, Black Color, Soft Skin, Round Size, Meaty, Sweet and very delicious in taste.
  • Shelf Life : At 4C Temperature and Cellophane & Plastic About 18 – 24 Months
  • Moisture : 18 – 25 %
  • Harvest Time : Mid – August
  • Growing Region : Kerman region
  • Usage : Used Pitted For Direct Consumption and/or Pitted For Stuffed Dates
  • Packaging : 600 g Carton Box, 5 Kg
  • Shipment : Each FCL (20’ Reefer Container) 11 -12 Mt
  • Available
bam mazafati dates

Sair (Sayer) Dates

  • Description: Semi Dry, Dark-Brown Color, Round Size, Sweet with Suitable Sugar
  • Shelf Life: At Room Temperature About 18 months under Interim Fumigation
  • Moisture: Under %15
  • Harvest Time: October
  • Growing Region: khozestan region
  • Types (Pitted or Un-pitted):
    1.  Super Select maximum 70 pieces/lb.
    2. Select Grade A maximum 75 pieces/lb.
    3. Select Grade B maximum 85 pieces/lb.
    4. GAQ maximum 115 pieces/lb.
    5. FAQ (smaller sizes, no specific count/lb.)
    6. Industrial (no specific count/lb.)
  • Usage: Used Pitted or Unpitted For Direct Consumption and/or For Industrial Purposes.
  • Packaging: 5 Kg, 10 Kg
  • Shipment: Each FCL (20’ GP Container) 11-12 MT.
  • Available
Sayer dates

Piarom Date (piyarom)

  • Description: Semi Dry, Dark-Brown Color, Round Size, Sweet with Suitable Sugar in Taste.
  • Shelf Life: At Room Temperature About 18 Months under Interim Fumigation.
  • Moisture: Under %16.
  • Harvest Time: Mid – September.
  • Growing Region: Hormozgan Province.
  • Usage: Used Pitted or Un-pitted For Direct Consumption and/or Pitted For Stuffed Dates.
  • Packaging: 5 Kg, 10 Kg.
  • Shipment: Each FCL (20’ GP Container) 11-12 MT.
  • Available
piarom dates

Rabbi Dates

  • Description: Semi Dry, Attractive Black Color, Round Size, Sweet with Suitable Sugar in Taste.
  • Shelf Life: At Room Temperature About 18 Months under Interim Fumigation.
  • Moisture: Under %15.
  • Harvest Time: Mid – September.
  • Growing Region: Sistan & Baluchistan Province.
  • Usage: Used Pitted or Unpitted For Direct Consumption and/or Pitted For Stuffed Dates.
  • Packaging: 5 Kg, 10 Kg.
  • Shipment: Each FCL (20’ GP Container) 11-12 MT.
  • Available
rabbi dates

Zahedi Dates

  • Description : Semi Dry, Yellow Gold Color to Light Brown, Round Size, Short Shape, Less. Sweet in Taste.
  • Shelf Life : At Room Temperature About 18 Months under Interim Fumigation..
  • Moisture : Under %14.
  • Growing Region : Fars Province and Khuzestan Province.
  • Harvest Time : Mid – September
  • Usage : Used Pitted or Unpitted For Direct Consumption or For Industrial Purposes(High Sugar Content)
  • Packaging : 5 Kg, 10 Kg.
  • Shipment : Each FCL (20’ GP Container) 11-12 MT.
  • Available
zahedi dates

Kabkab Dates

  • Description : Wet Date with Semi-Dried Texture, Dark-Brown Color, Soft Skin, Round Size, Sweet in Taste.
  • Shelf Life : At Room Temperature About 12 – 18 Months under Interim Fumigation
  • Moisture : Under %14
  • Harvest Time : Mid – September
  • Growing Region : Fars Province
  • Usage : Used Pitted or Un-pitted For Direct Consumption and/or Industrial Purposes
  • Packaging : 5 Kg, 10 Kg
  • Shipment : Each FCL (20’ GP Container) 11 – 12 MT.
kabkab dates

Products of Dates

Industrial Dates

  • Description: Mainly from Sayer Dates, Pitted or Unpitted
  • Shelf Life: At Room Temperature about 1 Year
  • Growing Region: Fars and Hormozgan Provinces
  • Usage: Used Pitted or Unpitted for Food Industries and Bakeries
  • Packaging: 10 kg
  • Shipment: Each FCL (20’ GP Container) 11 – 12 MT.
  • Available

Chopped Dates

  • Description: Mainly from Sayer Dates, Rolled in Rice Flour , Semi-Dry, Dark-Brown Color, 10*10 & 8*8 mm, Sweet with Suitable Sugar.
  • Shelf Life: At Room Temperature about 2 Years under Interim Fumigation.
  • Growing Region: Hormozgan Province.
  • Usage: Used for Direct Consumption in Snacks, Cereal, Baked Goods and/or in Medicine, Industrial.
  • Packaging: 5 kg, 10 kg
  • Shipment: Each FCL (20’ GP Container) 11 – 12 MT.
  • Available
chopped dates

Date Paste

  • Description: Dark Brown Color, Soft and Homogeneous Tissue, 100% of Date(s), Pasteurized, without any Preservative or Additive.
  • Nutritional Value: Full of Fibers, Potassium, Calcium, Magnesium, Vitamin A, Vitamins of group B, and Devoid of Fat.
  • Shelf Life: 1 Year
  • Usage:
date paste

Date Syrup / Juice

  • Description: Thick Dark Brown Color, 100% Natural of Date, Pasteurized, Very Sweet.
  • Nutritional Value: Full of Potassium, Magnesium, Antioxidants, and Minerals.
  • Shelf Life: 1 Year.
  • Usage:
    1. Home Use: Breakfast Complementary, Soft and Natural Sweetener, Mixing with Banana Milk, Mixing with Tahini( sweet tahini),Serving with Ice Cream.
    2. Industrial: Confectionary Industries, Dairy (producing ice cream milk).
  • Packaging: 18kg, 29kg.
  • Available
date syrup

Organic Dates Supplier

Ario Date Co glad to inform you that is one of the main suppliers and old exporters of the ORGANIC Fresh and Dry fruits in Iran. We like our food wholesome and pure. So our RAW Organic Dates are sourced from the best organic farms in Iran, where they grow under a dry tropical sun and in rich, fertile soils. They’re carefully selected at the peak of ripeness, ensuring only the highest quality. Our Organic Dates contain no preservatives or added sulphites – they’re All Natural 100% and simply real food from nature. With high levels of dietary fiber, and a delectable soft caramel flavor , tasty and nutritious snack, and are great in baking or RAW desserts.

Organic Certificate by supplying to an agreed signed specification which includes a reference to food safety legislation, combined if necessary with certificates of conformity to the agreed specification. Our supplies in conformance with specifications are backed up by production documentation that is both accurate and meaningful.

Trust us and we will carry out your orders and we also know that we are judged by performance so we strive to be trusted.