Dates are a great source of potassium, protein, dietary fibre and other trace elements: boron, cobalt, magnesium, manganese, selenium, zinc.
The date palm is a flowering palm species cultivated for its edible sweet fruit, dates. They are a great source of potassium. When ripe, dates have a high sugar content, about 80% (mainly fructose) with the rest consisting of protein, dietary fibre and other trace elements: boron, cobalt, magnesium, manganese, selenium, zinc.