Dry fruit · Ingredients & raw materials
Dates
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Dried date fruit, either soft dates (khajur) sold seeded or seedless, or hard dry dates (chhohara / kharek). Seedless soft dates go into date bars, laddoo, energy balls and fillings; dry dates are used in mithai, panjiri and festive packs.
Type 4
- Soft, with seed
- Soft, seedless
- Dry dates (chhohara), whole
- Dry dates, cut / sliced
Variety 7
- Kimia
- Fard
- Khalas
- Safawi (Kalmi)
- Medjool
- Zahidi
- Mixed / unbranded
Pack size 4
- 1 kg pack
- 5 kg carton
- 10 kg carton
- 25 kg bag (dry dates)
Spec
- Moisture
- Soft dates about 18 to 25%; dry dates (chhohara) under 15% (typical)
- Origins
- Imported from Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Oman; Kutch (Gujarat) for fresh
- Defects
- Free from live insects, fermentation and mould
- Standard
- FSSAI
- Shelf life
- 6 to 12 months; soft dates best kept below 20 C
- GST note
- 5% (0804) loose or packed; dry dates HSN 08041030; date paste falls under 2007/2008, also 5%
- Usual minimum
- 10 kg
- HSN code
- 08041020
- GST
- 5%
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