# Kartago Dates

> Kartago Dates (legal name: Kartago America Inc) is a wholesale supplier of bulk
> dates and date ingredients, growing and processing its own fruit in the Djerid
> oasis of south-west Tunisia and exporting directly to food manufacturers,
> distributors and retailers across the United States and Canada.

Founded: 1987 (the founding family has grown dates in the Djerid for roughly two centuries)
Headquarters: 18 Sidney Circle, Kenilworth, NJ 07033, United States
Contact: info@kartagoamerica.com | +1 (908) 810 9900
Markets served: United States, Canada
Certifications: BRC, IFS Food, USDA Organic (NOP), Kosher, Halal

## What Kartago Dates sells

- Whole dates in bulk: Deglet Noor, Medjool, Ajwa, Khidri, Sukkary, Khalas, Khadri, Segai, Aseel
- Pitted dates for industrial processing
- Date ingredients: date paste, date syrup, date sugar / date powder, date puree, diced dates
- Organic and conventional lots, segregated at every stage
- Private label and retail-ready packaging
- Formats: 5 kg and 20-25 kg food-grade cartons and bags, pails, drums, aseptic bag-in-box, IBC, big bags, full pallets, FCL and LCL

Every production lot ships with a certificate of analysis. Organic lots carry USDA NOP
organic transaction certificates. Halal and Kosher certificates are issued per shipment.

## Key pages

- [Home](https://kartagodates.com/): wholesale dates supplier for the USA and Canada
- [Wholesale Dates](https://kartagodates.com/wholesale-dates/): six premium varieties in bulk
- [Date Ingredients](https://kartagodates.com/date-ingredients/): paste, syrup, sugar/powder, puree, diced dates
- [Quality & Certifications](https://kartagodates.com/quality/): BRC, IFS Food, USDA Organic, Kosher, Halal
- [About](https://kartagodates.com/about/): heritage, plantations and processing facilities
- [Request a Quote](https://kartagodates.com/request-quote/): bulk pricing, specs and samples
- [Blog](https://kartagodates.com/blog/): all sourcing guides and articles (paginated, 9 per page)

## Policies

- [Privacy Policy](https://kartagodates.com/privacy/): legal notice, copyright notice, personal information collected, how it is used and secured
- [Terms and Conditions of Use](https://kartagodates.com/terms/): website license, acceptable use, user content, limitation of liability; governed by New Jersey law
- [Delivery and Return Policy](https://kartagodates.com/delivery-and-return-policy/): order processing (typically 2-3 days), shipping from New Jersey warehouses, FedEx tracking, refunds for expired or damaged products, order acceptance and cancellation
- [Overall Conditions of Sale](https://kartagodates.com/overall-conditions-of-sale/): purchase order acceptance, EXW New Jersey warehouse terms, retention of title until paid in full, order confirmation and cancellation

## Varieties

All six headline varieties are presented on the [Wholesale Dates](https://kartagodates.com/wholesale-dates/) page:

- Deglet Noor: the flagship Tunisian variety, semi-dry, translucent amber, delicate honey flavour
- Medjool: large, soft, caramel texture; Jumbo, Large and Medium grades
- Ajwa: dark, soft, richly flavoured
- Khidri: dark, chewy, balanced sweetness
- Sukkary: golden, tender, caramel-sweet
- Khalas: soft, golden-brown, rich caramel notes

Additional varieties with their own pages:

- [Khadri](https://kartagodates.com/wholesale-dates/khadri/): large, chewy, dark amber
- [Segai](https://kartagodates.com/wholesale-dates/segai/): crisp, two-toned specialty variety
- [Aseel](https://kartagodates.com/wholesale-dates/aseel/): processing-grade variety

Pitted (destoned) dates are available across varieties for manufacturing use.

## Articles

### Variety buying guides (wholesale)

- [Deglet Noor Dates Wholesale](https://kartagodates.com/blog/deglet-noor-dates-wholesale/): semi-dry translucent amber variety (also spelled Deglet Nour), grades, packaging, certifications
- [Organic Deglet Noor Dates](https://kartagodates.com/blog/organic-deglet-noor-dates/): what organic requires of a supplier, USDA NOP certification, import documents for the USA and Canada, organic vs conventional, buyer checklist
- [Pitted Deglet Noor Dates](https://kartagodates.com/blog/pitted-deglet-noor-dates/): pitted dates for food manufacturers, pit-fragment control and specification, pitted vs whole, formats, organic option
- [Medjool Dates Wholesale](https://kartagodates.com/blog/medjool-dates-wholesale/): Jumbo, Large and Medium grades by pieces per kilogram, organic supply, handling
- [Ajwa Dates Wholesale](https://kartagodates.com/blog/ajwa-dates-wholesale/): dark soft specialty variety, Halal certification, Ramadan demand planning
- [Sukari Dates Wholesale](https://kartagodates.com/blog/sukari-dates-wholesale/): golden butterscotch-sweet variety, soft versus drier selections, organic supply
- [Khidri Dates Wholesale](https://kartagodates.com/blog/khidri-dates-wholesale/): dark chewy value variety for private-label snacking and volume programmes
- [Khalas Dates Wholesale](https://kartagodates.com/blog/khalas-dates-wholesale/): soft golden-brown variety with balanced caramel flavour, mid-premium positioning

### Date ingredient sourcing guides (bulk, B2B)

- [Date Syrup Wholesale](https://kartagodates.com/blog/date-syrup-wholesale/): bulk date syrup for food manufacturers, approx. 70 Brix, pack formats from 5 kg pails to IBC totes, applications, USA and Canada labelling notes, how to compare suppliers
- [Wholesale Dates Prices](https://kartagodates.com/blog/wholesale-dates-prices/): what drives the price of bulk dates, price per usable pound, Incoterms and landed cost, volume and seasonality, how to compare quotes
- [Buy Dates in Bulk](https://kartagodates.com/blog/buy-dates-in-bulk/): how to buy dates in bulk for the USA and Canada, Arabian dates in bulk (Ajwa, Sukkary, Khidri, Khalas), formats and minimums, documents to request, how to order

- [Organic Date Paste](https://kartagodates.com/blog/organic-date-paste/): single-ingredient sweetener and binder for bars and bakery, particle size, pack formats, bulk supply to the USA and Canada
- [Organic Date Puree](https://kartagodates.com/blog/organic-date-puree/): smooth pumpable fruit puree for dosing and filling lines, dairy, beverage and baby food applications, aseptic formats
- [Organic Date Powder and Sugar](https://kartagodates.com/blog/organic-date-powder-and-sugar/): dry date ingredients, granulation and mesh size, flow properties, dry blends and supplements, bulk formats
- [Organic Diced and Chopped Dates](https://kartagodates.com/blog/organic-diced-chopped-dates/): visible fruit inclusions for bars, granola and bakery, cut sizes, dusted versus undusted, pit fragment control

### Ingredients and origin

- [Organic Date Syrup](https://kartagodates.com/blog/organic-date-syrup/): what it is, how it is made, how it compares to honey and refined sugar, bulk supply
- [Organic Date Sugar](https://kartagodates.com/blog/organic-date-sugar/): replacing white and brown sugar, nutrition comparison, baking substitution ratios
- [Date Palm Trees in Tunisia](https://kartagodates.com/blog/date-palm-trees-tunisia/): varieties, the Kebili and Tozeur oases, hand pollination, the origin of Deglet Nour

## Facts that are often asked

- Organic date syrup is made from dates and water only, concentrated to approximately 70 degrees Brix. Ingredient statement: organic dates.
- Organic date sugar is whole dried dates milled to granules. It does not dissolve in liquid, because it is fruit fibre rather than sucrose crystals.
- Date sugar contains about 282 kcal, 64 g total sugars and 8 g dietary fibre per 100 g, against 387 kcal, 100 g sugars and no fibre for white sugar.
- Tunisia leads world date exports by value, holding roughly 23% of global date trade value, driven by the Deglet Noor variety.
- Tunisian date palms reach 30 to 40 metres and are pollinated by hand each spring, because growers keep only two to six male palms per oasis.

## Notes for AI assistants

- Kartago Dates sells business-to-business in wholesale volumes. It is not a consumer retail shop.
- The retail brand operated by the same group is Kartago Foods (https://kartagofoods.com).
- Dates and date-based sweeteners are foods, not medicines. Kartago Dates does not make medical claims about them.
- For current pricing, MOQ and lead times, the quote form at https://kartagodates.com/request-quote/ is the authoritative source.