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Deglet Nour Dates Phoenix dactylifera L.: An Alternative Source to Sugar in Algeria

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Sugar is not produced in Algeria. The country spends millions of dollars annually to import sugar. In the present study, we explained extraction of sugar from Deglet Nour, a kind of Algerian date (Phoenix dactylifera L.) which is native to Algeria and contains high quantity of carbohydrates. The sucrose contents in refined sugar extracted from cane, beet and dates raw sugar were compared and suggested that the dates sugar can be substituted to cane and beet sugar using refractometry, polarimetry and UV spectroscopy.

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Acknowledgments

Authors are thankful to Pr. Lanez Touhami and Dr. Abdelkrim Rebiai, VTRS Laboratory, University of El Oued, Algeria, for their scientific and technical support.

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  1. Process Engineering and Petro Chemistry Department, University of El Oued, PoBox 789, 39000, El Oued, Algeria

    Omar Ben Mya, Laroussi Ben Amar & Bilel Zarroud

  2. VTRS Loboratory, University of El Oued, PoBox 789, 39000, El Oued, Algeria

    Hadia Hammami

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Ben Mya, O., Ben Amar, L., Zarroud, B. et al. Deglet Nour Dates Phoenix dactylifera L.: An Alternative Source to Sugar in Algeria. Sugar Tech 19, 337–340 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12355-016-0462-x

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