Kartago Organic Date Sugar is made from the finest Organic Deglet Noor Dates grown by the Horchani family for almost 200 years. Our 100% natural and pure date sugar can be a one-to-one substitute for cane sugar in baking recipes by providing a natural sweet taste with all the super nutritious benefits that goes with it.
- Date sugar has a lower sugar content when compared to white sugar.
- Date sugar is a natural and healthier substitute to sugar.
- Date sugar is different from cane sugar and most other sugars in that it is not a crystallized syrup, but consists of ground and dehydrated dates.
Date Sugar Nutrients:
Minerals: It’s is a good source of several minerals including magnesium and copper.
From 100 g of date sugar, you can get as much as 11% of the magnesium you
need each day and 10 percent of the copper.
You can get a significant amount of iron and calcium as well.
Fiber: The fact that date sugar is not crystalline like other sugars means that you
can get nutrients from it that you would not get from most other sugars.
One of the most significant nutrients in date sugar is fiber.
You can get as much as 8 g of fiber from 100 g of date sugar.
Antioxidants: Date sugar is also a good source of antioxidants like lutein, zeaxanthin,
and beta-carotene.
The nutrients in date sugar help treating or preventing health conditions like:
Constipation: The fiber in date sugar can make it helpful for moving waste through
your bowels quickly, thus relieving constipation.
Cancer: Along with the fact that it contains cancer-fighting antioxidants, the fiber that
date sugar contains may help reduce the risk of colon cancer.
Diabetes: It has been shown that dates are a lower glycemic index food despite
containing natural sugars.