Muhammad Siddiq & Salah M. Aleid 
Dates 
Postharvest Science, Processing Technology and Health Benefits

Dates are an important fruit, especially in many African,
Middle-Eastern and Asian countries. In recent years this fruit has
gained significant importance in terms of global commerce. During
the period 1990-2009, global production of dates saw an
increase of 219% and this trend is expected to continue as per FAO
projections. Some of the major challenges confronting date fruit
production and commerce are issues related to postharvest handling
technologies, use of appropriate processing and packaging
technologies, food safety aspects and quality assurance.

Dates: Postharvest Science, Processing Technology and Health
Benefits provides contemporary information that brings together
current knowledge and practices in the value chain of dates, from
production through to consumption. The important book published by
Wiley Blackwell features coverage from leading experts on
innovative processing technologies, packaging, quality management
and pest control for dates. It is the only book to address the
science and technology of the postharvest production of dates, a
commercially important and growing sector of the food industry.

Innehållsförteckning

Preface vii

Obituary: Professor Adel A. Kader ix

List of Contributors xi

1 Overview of Date Fruit Production, Postharvest handling, Processing, and Nutrition 1
Muhammad Siddiq and Ibrahim Greiby

2 Date Palm: Production 29
Abdullah A. Jaradat

3 Biology and Postharvest Physiology of Date Fruit 57
Maria Gloria Lobo, Elhadi M. Yahia, and Adel A. Kader

4 Insect Pests of Stored Dates and Their Management 81
Mahmoud Abo-El-Saad and Hamadttu El-Shafie

5 Harvesting and Postharvest Technology of Dates 105
Elhadi M. Yahia, Maria Gloria Lobo, and Adel A. Kader

6 Packaging Technologies for Dates and Date Products 137
Vanee Chonhenchob, Koushik Saha, Sher Paul Singh, and Muhammad Siddiq

7 Physical and Structural Characteristics of Dates 157
Mohammad Shafiur Rahman

8 Date Fruit Processing and Processed Products 171
Salah M. Aleid

9 Innovative Processing Technologies for Processing Dates 203
Salah M. Aleid

10 Value-added Utilization of Dates By-products 233
Huthail Najib and Yousef M. Al-Yousef

11 Date Fruit Composition and Nutrition 261
Jasim Ahmed, Fahad M. Al-Jasass, and Muhammad Siddiq

12 Bioactive Compounds, Nutritional and Functional Properties of Date Fruit 285
Praveen K. Vayalil

Index 305

Om författaren

The Editors:

Dr Muhammad Siddiq, Associate Professor, Department of Food
Science & Human Nutrition , Michigan State University, East
Lansing, USA (Currently: Food Science Consultant, Windsor, Ontario,
Canada)

Dr Salah M. Aleid, Director, Date Palm Research Center of
Excellence, King Faisa University, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia

Dr Adel A. Kader (1941-2012), Professor Emeritus,
Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis,
USA