Ajwa date is a celebrated assortment of dates, grown exclusively in Medina, Saudi Arabia. Ranging from a dark brown to almost black colour, these dates are delightfully soft and fruity with a prune-like taste and tend to be of a dry variety. Ajwa date has a sugar content of 77% (0.5% sucrose, 34.5% glucose and 25.6% fructose) and high proportion of minerals (3%) compared to other varieties of dates (1.5 2.7%), especially calcium (1.22 g/100 g dry matter) (Gasim, 1994).