Protein   Dietary Fiber   Fat     Mean sd Mean sd Mean sd All varieties             Khalas 5.84h 0.01 72.72efgh 0.26 7.92g 0.06 Barhe 5.68ef 0.01 72.69efgh 0.22 7.52ef 0.05 Lulu 5.14b 0.35 70.05b 0.03 7.37e 0.06 Shikat alkahlas 5.32c 0.35 72.70efgh 0.01 7.39e 0.01 Sokkery 6.43i 0.01 70.40bc 0.74 6.52c 0.09 Bomaan 5.38c 0.01 74.00gh 0.22 6.42bc 0.02 Sagay 5.3c 0.01 73.28efgh 0.61 5.71a 0.08 Shishi 5.70fg 0.02 73.07efgh 0.45 6.20b 0.11 Maghool 5.55de 0.01 73.36efgh 0.96 6.52c 0.01 Sultana 5.18b 0.01 74.05gh 0.28 6.64c 0.01 Fard 5.82gh 0.08 74.20h 0.15 6.51c 0.06 Maktoomi 5.83h 0.01 72.07def 0.16 7.53ef 0.01 Naptit saif 5.70fg 0.01 72.87efgh 0.01 6.92d 0.04 Jabri 5.42cd 0.08 73.47fgh 0.42 7.07d 0.11 Khodary 5.36c 0.04 72.52efg 0.32 7.68fg 0.01 Dabbas 5.13b 0.03 70.89bcd 0.21 6.93d 0.02 Raziz 6.93j 0.04 67.56a 0.37 8.77h 0.01 Shabebe 4.81a 0.01 71.80cde 0.07 7.73fg 0.16

*Tukey test was peformed to compare varieties. Different letters denote significant differences, p<0.05

Table 1: Nutritional characteristics of eighteen varieties of date seeds: macronutrients content (g/100g). Means and sd are presented.*