The biggest feature of winter dates is the extremely high vitamin C content. The vitamin C content per 100 grams of pulp is as high as 380 to 600 mg (the vitamin C provided by vitamin C supplements is generally 60 mg), which is the highest in apples. 70 times that of citrus, and 16 times that of citrus. Even hawthorn, which was considered rich in vitamin C in the past, is inferior.

Dongzao is not only delicious, crispy-skinned, tender, juicy, sweet and fragrant, but also extremely nutritious. Dongzao contains 20 to 36% of sugar; it contains 19 kinds of amino acids needed by the human body, including aspartic acid, threonine, and serine. The total content is 0.985mg/100g. Dongzao contains 1.65% of protein, 2.3% of dietary fiber, and 0.26% of total flavonoids. Dongzao fruit also has It contains more vitamin A, vitamin E, potassium, sodium, iron, copper and other trace elements. Its nutritional value is the highest among all fruits, and it is known as the "King of Hundred Fruits". Extended information

Dongzao (also known as Yanlaihong, Apple jujube, rock sugar jujube, Huanghua winter jujube, Miaoshang winter jujube, Zhanhua winter jujube) is a high-quality late-maturing fresh food variety in northern Shandong. Winter jujube belongs to the family Rhamnaceae and the genus Ziziphus. It is an excellent late-maturing variety of thornless jujube tree. Distributed in Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong and other places.

Winter jujubes generally mature naturally from October to November in the Gregorian calendar. Because the weather in the north gets cold earlier, they are named "winter jujubes".

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Dongzao