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Nutritional Facts
7 Good Reasons to eat dates everyday
- 1 Energy
- The ideal energetic snack for all: children, adults and sportmen.
- 2 Rich in Fiber
- Dates promote the digestion and the reduction of the bad cholesterol.
Dates are richer in fiber than plums, dry apricots and raisins. - 3 Source of Potassium
- The richness in potassium of dates (670 mg per 100 g) is beneficial for the sportsmen (muscular contractions) and the elderly to maintain a healthy nervous system.
- 4 Rich in Antioxydants
- Dates help to neutralize free radicals present in the human body.
Dates have the strongest concentration of antioxidants (polyphenols and caratenoïdes) among dried fruits. - 5 Source of Mangesium
- The richeness in magnesium of dates (58 mg per 100 g) protects the bone density.
- 6 Cholesterol Free, Fat Free, Gluten Free, Colorants Free, Sulfite Free.
- 7 Rich in Vitamins B (B2, B3, B5, B6)
- The substantial vitamin profile of dates contributes to maintain a healthy body.
Deglet Nour
Minerals
- Potassium (650 mg / 100 g)
- Phosphorus (70 mg / 100 g)
- Calcium (68 mg / 100 g)
- Iron (2 mg / 100 g)
- Magnesium (59 mg / 100 g)
- Zinc (0,3 mg / 100 g)
Vitamins
- Thiamine (B1) (0,08 mg / 100 g)
- Riboflavin (0,4 mg / 100 g)
- Niacin (2,9 mg / 100 g)
- Vitamin A (7 u / 100 g)
- Folic Acid (21 u / 100 g)
| NUTRITION INFORMATION | per 100 g | |
| Energy | 1178 kJ /282 kcal | (14%*) |
| Fat | 0,3 g | (0%*) |
| of which saturates: | 0,1 g | (0%*) |
| Carbohydrate | 75 g | (29%*) |
| of which sugars: | 63 g | (70%*) |
| Fibre | 8 g | |
| Protein | 2,45 g | (5%*) |
| Salt | 0 g | (0%*) |
*Reference intake for an average adult (8400 KJ / 2000 kcal)
Quality Menu
With a monitoring system along the entire production process, our products ensure to our consumers and customers, dates of quality and conform the international quality and food safety.
Quality
- Selection
- Laboratory
- Certification
From the oasis itself
Our facilities near the production area Jerid with more than 1.5 million date palms allows us to guarantee a product according to our high quality standards.
Read MoreRigorous analysis
Our own laboratory equipped with the most advanced equipment is one of the key elements in quality management.
Read MoreRigorous controls
For us, the quality is an ongoing and daily commitment. Our quality control policy enables us to ensure a high level of food safety.
Read MoreCertification
Rigorous controls
For us, the quality is an ongoing and daily commitment. Our quality control policy enables us to ensure a high level of food safety.
Laboratory
Rigorous analysis
Our own laboratory equipped with the most advanced equipment is one of the key elements in quality management.
Selection
From the oasis itself
Our facilities near the production area Jerid with more than 1.5 million date palms allows us to guarantee a product according to our high quality standards.
The Date
The date is a fruit obtained from the date palm (Phoenix dactylifera). It is believed that appeared around the Persian Gulf and cultivated, probably more than 4000 years ago, in Mesopotamia as in prehistoric Egypt.
Later on, traders extended their culture around the South and Southeast Asia, North Africa, Spain and Italy. Dates were introduced by the Spanish in 1765 in Mexico and California.
The word "date" comes from the Greek dáktulos "finger" due to its elongated shape. Dates are cylindrical-oval shaped, 3-7 cm. long and 2 to 3 cm. in diameter, and when they are not yet ripe, its color ranges from bright red and bright yellow, depending on the variety.
Our Company
The story begun in the early twentieth century, when founder Don Bernabé Biosca, Spanish entrepreneur, landed in Tunisia to cross the Sahara desert by camel caravans and arrived at the gates of the largest desert in the world, where he discovered an oasis that had more than one million date palms and fruit of ancient origin and unique taste, dates.
Back to Spain, he brought many kilos of dates that gave to taste to family and friends, who appreciated its taste like honey. This passion for dates led Don Bernabé Biosca to build a packaging factory of dates in Nefta and create the brand El Monaguillo in 1919.
The strength of an authentic tradition of quality that dates back to 1919, release date and marketing of our brand El Monaguillo. Bernabé Biosca Alimentación is an enterprise level and international prestige which specializes in exporting full range of Tunisian dates.
El Monaguillo is leader of dates in Spain and Portugal sectors as well as in Latin America, as a result of trust and good relationships with their customers.
Located in the heart of the production area of Djerid, our factory has been totally renovated in 2011, achieving a large capacity of processing and refrigerated storage.
Bernabé Biosca Alimentación belong to a group of companies that share the same passion for quality products. Our product range is varied and includes: Medjoul dates, dried figs, raisins, prunes, dried apricots, dried tomato, oiled olive quality and our flagship product, the variety of the best date and highest quality in the world: the Deglet Nour date.
Our Products
Dates and dried fruits specialists since 1919
