Iranian Technology Incubator Presents Canned Date Compote as Low-Cost Meal
Dates are all abundant in Bushehr, so, the production of canned date compote costs lower compared with other fruits, Golbahar Zahedifard, the manager of the incubator said.
She made the remarks on the sidelines of the national Asreh Omid Event which was held in late May in Tehran’s Grand Mosalla with the participation of 3,000 knowledge-based companies, laboratories, research teams, and startups.
Dates are endemic to Bushehr and it is a product that is useful for the body for having minerals, vitamins, and antioxidants and can be used to prepare compote, Zahedifard said.
Date harvest starts in July, she noted, adding that date compote can be introduced to families as a new product by processing industries.
Producing compote from other vegetables and fruits may be expensive, but dates are abundant in the region. So, producing date compote is cheaper compared to other products.
The Persian Gulf countries are eager for Iranian date products. Meanwhile, there is a good market for this product in other countries including the European market and it can be useful in terms of export, she concluded.
According to statistics, up to 1.2 million tons of various types of dates are produced in the country, making it the second-largest producer in terms of production and area under cultivation and the fifth-largest exporter.
The Vice Presidency for Science and Technology has on its agenda the implementation of national plans for the production of food products with the help of biological technologies.
The food industry is one of the most strategic industries that has been developed with the help of biological technologies in recent years, an area that is not only related to food provision but also has an effective role in the health and safety of society.
According to the latest statistics, 265 companies are active in the field of agriculture, biotechnology, and the food industry and have produced knowledge-based products.
Agriculture is one of the fields in which nanotechnology has been able to develop, as over 50 widely used nanoproducts have been launched in the agricultural sector of Iran.
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