Treasured Chinese Fruite - Jujube Date

Posted under Asian Cooking & Fast Food, Fruit & Vegetable, Recipes & Instruction by susan

The jujube red date is an edible fruit and has high medical value. Jujube is rich in vitamins and contains many kinds of trace elements such as iron, zinc and cerium and so on.

The jujube also has the very high value for medicinal purposes. In traditional Chinese medicine, it is believed that “the jujube is fruit of the spleen”. Date products have the function like diminishing inflammation, clearing blood and promoting blood circulation. It is believed that jujube has the tonic properties over the spleen, nourishing stomach, enriching blood and invigorating mind. The modern Chinese medicine research shows that both the big and small jujube are good for the spleen, but the big date’s merit is to reduce turbid, the small jujube’s merit is to strengthen the constitution, therefore the big date is used in medicine for treatment; The small jujube is not be the components of medicine and used for supporting body.

We carry both small ( seedless Heibei Heart Shaped jujube dates) and large date (XinJian Hetian Jujube Dates). Both types are the premium quality date with very small stone. Heart shaped jujube dates is already seedless. It has tight small body, chewy in texture. Xinjian Hetian jujube is large, soft and sweet with tiny seed. Both of them are delicious. You may use it for soup, rice porridge, meat dish, tea and even prepare it as a delicious no fat sweet snack.

Both dates are raw food, they should be thoroughly washed with tap water and cooked before eaten. We usually steam a bag of date for 20 minutes, and store the cooked jujube date in refrigerators to enjoy as snacks or add to various dishes.

Nutrient component of natural stunner, Hetian jade date (Large Date)
Content per 100g
Vitamin
A	2.60 ug	C	520 mg	Biotin	16.9 ug
B1	0.09 mg	D	ug	Carotene	0.04 mg
B2	0.10 mg	E	0.23 mg	Folacin	142 ug
B6	0.20 mg	K	ug	Pantothenic acid	1.55 mg
B12	mg	P	378 mg	Nicotinic acid	1.00 mg
Mineral element
Calcium	76.8 mg	Phosphorus	38.5 mg	Fe	2.59 mg
Kalium	282 mg	Natrium	19.1 mg	Cuprum	0.14 mg
Magnesium	26.2 mg	Zinc	1.84 mg	Selenium	1.12 ug