Table 1.

Contents of soluble sugars, total dietary fiber, and dietary fiber components in 10 United Arab Emirates date fruit varieties (g/100 g dry weight).

Variety	Soluble sugars		Total dietary fiber	Dietary fiber component
	Glucose	Fructose		Fructans	Cellulose + β-Glucan	Arabinoxylan	Galactomannan	Lignin	Pectin
Barhi	44.7 ± 3.1b	38.3 ± 1.7a	5.19 ± 0.23e	0.42 ± 0.03a,b	1.24 ± 0.04b	1.05 ± 0.04b	0.47 ± 0.02c	1.24 ± 0.09e	0.78 ± 0.03c
Boumann	39.0 ± 1.3ab	36.8 ± 0.3 a	5.97 ± 0.25d,e	0.13 ± 0.01c	1.27 ± 0.07a,b	1.09 ± 0.12b	0.73 ± 0.04b	1.93 ± 0.10c,d,e	0.82 ± .08b,c
Dabbas	40.9 ± 2.2 ab	37.9 ± 0.9 a	7.44 ± 0.40a,b	0.24 ± 0.06b,c	1.33 ± 0.05a,b	1.15 ± 0.05b	0.81 ± 0.05a,b	2.94 ± 0.24a,b	0.97 ± 0.01a,b,c
Fardh	41.3 ± 1.9 ab	38.9 ± 0.4 a	6.59 ± 0.25b,c,d	0.28 ± 0.04a,b,c	1.31 ± 0.11a,b	0.98 ± 0.10b	0.76 ± 0.07b	2.35 ± 0.14b,c	0.92 ± 0.08a,b,c
Khalas	41.7 ± 0.9 ab	40.1 ± 0.5 a	6.06 ± 0.74c,d,e	0.36 ± 0.08a,b,c	1.46 ± 0.23a,b	1.11 ± 0.16b	0.56 ± 0.05c	1.64 ± 0.27c,d,e	0.93 ± 0.16a,b,c
Lulu red	42.1 ± 0.6 ab	39.8 ± 0.9 a	5.81 ± 0.38d,e	0.35 ± 0.08a,b,c	1.31 ± 0.09a,b	1.02 ± 0.09b	0.76 ± 0.05b	1.54 ± 0.17d,e	0.83 ± 0.04b,c
Neghal	38.2 ± 2.4a	39.4 ± 1.6 a	8.29 ± 0.23a	0.28 ± 0.09a,b,c	1.54 ± 0.02a	1.43 ± 0.04a	0.74 ± 0.01b	3.18 ± 0.32a	1.12 ± 0.01a
Reziz	39.4 ± 1.6 ab	37.6 ± 2.1 a	6.52 ± 0.45b,c,d	0.43 ± 0.19a,b	1.42 ± 0.09a,b	1.11 ± 0.05b	0.55 ± 0.02c	1.99 ± 0.32c,d	1.02 ± 0.11a,b
Sagei	41.6 ± 1.4 ab	37.1 ± 0.7 a	7.31 ± 0.67a,b,c	0.30 ± 0.05a,b,c	1.25 ± 0.07a,b	1.06 ± 0.09b	0.89 ± 0.04a	3.00 ± 0.44a,b	0.81 ± 0.02c
Shishi	41.3 ± 1.1 ab	38.3 ± 0.6 a	6.89 ± 0.39b,c,d	0.50 ± 0.06a	1.30 ± 0.07a,b	1.13 ± 0.02b	0.70 ± 0.02b	2.33 ± 0.23b,c	0.91 ± 0.03a,b,c
Range	38.2–44.7	36.8–40.1	5.2–7.4	0.13–0.50	1.24–1.54	0.98–1.43	0.47–0.89	1.24–3.18	0.81–1.12

The value for each variety is the average of three samples collected at different locations in the UAE. The mean values ± standard deviation with different superscript letters within each column are statistically different (p < 0.001).