Tunisia operates like one of the large date producers on a worldwide scale, Mediterranean country par excellence, it is equipped with a dry and hot climate in its oases which supports the culture of the date palm.
Approximately 150 varieties of dates are cultivated in the palm plantations of the south which form the vegetation characteristic of the oases and are concentrated in the oases of Djerid, Tozeur, Kebili and Tamarza.
The best period of date consumption remains the autumn and the winter, however one can consume it throughout the year. Under good conditions of storage, at an adapted temperature and a moisture, the fruits keep their nutritional savours, appearances and values.

It is the noble variety par excellence and the date of reference in term of quality; Deglet Nour literally “finger of light” in Arabic is the most known variety and most consumed; appreciated for its energy value doubling higher than the other varieties and its translucent fair colour which makes that it is called “dates of the sun and the light”.
Tunisia is the first exporter in the world of this variety.





 

The benefits of date are not any more to show. Rich person in vitamins and minerals, this fruit contains the essence which our body needs: calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, iron and vitamins A and B.
Already, our Berber ancestors largely nourished themselves, during their long crusades through the Sahara, of this salutary fruit for their daily calorific needs.

Besides its incomparable food value, one associates dates certain symbols combining joy, pleasure and tradition. The palm tree, known since antiquity, was considered by the Egyptians a symbol of fertility. In the Christian tradition, the sheets represent a symbol of peace; also the date integrates the tables of the festivals like the principal “thirteen desserts” presented at Christmas traditional. In the Islamic culture, at the time of the month of the Ramadan, the Moslems break the fast with some dates and a little of milk.

for its beauty, its light and its glare, for the symbol which it represents; the date belongs to the range of gifts of prestige.
FRUCTIDOR makes for dates of packing worthy of its prestige and makes of this mixture a gift of choice combining the pleasure of the eyes by a variety of boxes makes hand and that of the palate by the tasty taste of the dates natural or filled Deglet Nour to the almond paste.
Between traditional wood packing, refined velvet, copper bursting and the nobility of leather, you will find in our range the model which will reflect your gesture.
Admittedly, one of these matters will be able to express a pleasure or a gesture to offer fingers of lights Deglet Nour.