Jujube Honey in bulk
Jujube honey comes off the date orchards of Henan, Shanxi and Xinjiang and is immediately recognisable in the drum: it pours like syrup, holds its shape, and runs a deep reddish amber. Moisture is naturally low, which gives it excellent keeping quality and a heavy mouthfeel that premium buyers pay for.
In traditional Chinese use it is the tonic honey, and that positioning travels — it is our strongest seller into Gulf markets and into Asian speciality retail worldwide. It also performs well in dark bakery applications and in honey-cake and sauce formulations where a thin honey would disappear.
Sensory profile
- Flavour
- Rich caramel-malt, gently woody, a lingering warm sweetness.
- Aroma
- Deep, cooked-sugar, faintly fruity.
- Texture
- Very high viscosity, thick and slow-pouring.
- Crystallisation
- Slow — often stays liquid 12–18 months.
Typical applications
- Middle East and Gulf retail
- Asian speciality and diaspora channels
- Dark bakery, honey cake, glazes and sauces
- Traditional tonic and health-food formats
Guaranteed analysis
These are the contract values we ship against, not typical values. Every batch leaves with a certificate of analysis from our in-house laboratory, plus a third-party report from an accredited laboratory where the destination market or the buyer requires one.
| Moisture | ≤ 18.0 % |
|---|---|
| Colour (Pfund) | 85 – 114 mm |
| HMF | ≤ 20 mg/kg |
| Diastase activity | ≥ 8 DN (Schade) |
| Fructose + Glucose | ≥ 65 g/100 g |
| Fructose / Glucose ratio | ≥ 1.20 |
| Sucrose | ≤ 3.0 % |
| C4 sugar (AOAC 998.12) | ≤ 7 % |
| Free acidity | ≤ 40 meq/kg |
| Electrical conductivity | 0.30 – 0.70 mS/cm |
| Water-insoluble solids | ≤ 0.1 % |
| Pollen (Ziziphus) | ≥ 20 % of total |
Residues & documentation
Screened against the EU, US FDA and Japan Positive List limits before any lot is released for drumming.
| Chloramphenicol | < 0.1 µg/kg (ND) |
|---|---|
| Nitrofuran metabolites | < 0.3 µg/kg (ND) |
| Streptomycin | < 10 µg/kg |
| Sulfonamides (total) | < 10 µg/kg |
| Tetracyclines | Not detected |
| Tylosin | Not detected |
| Glyphosate | < 10 µg/kg |
| Pyrrolizidine alkaloids | < 50 µg/kg |
| Pesticide multi-residue | 600+ compounds, LC/GC-MS-MS |
| Heavy metals (Pb, Cd, As) | Within Codex STAN 12-1981 |
| Yeast & mould | < 100 cfu/g |
| Foreign matter | None — filtered to 200 µm |
Shipping documents: commercial invoice, packing list, B/L, certificate of origin (Form A / FTA where applicable), health certificate, CoA and fumigation-free declaration.
How jujube honey ships
Choose the format that suits your line. Net weights are the maxima we load against a standard 20′ container.
| Format | Description | Container loading |
|---|---|---|
| 300 kg steel drum | New, food-grade lacquer-lined steel drum with a polyethylene liner. | 80 drums per 20′ FCL — 24.0 MT net |
| 25 kg HDPE pail | Food-grade white HDPE pail, tamper-evident lid, palletised and stretch-wrapped. | 800 pails per 20′ FCL — 20.0 MT net |
| 1,000 L IBC tote | Food-grade IBC with a bottom discharge valve, for high-throughput packers. | 18 totes per 20′ FCL — 21.6 MT net |
| Flexitank | Single-use food-grade flexitank for the lowest cost per tonne on liquid grades. | 1 flexitank per 20′ FCL — 22.0 MT net |
| Retail OEM packing | 250 g / 500 g / 1 kg glass jars, squeeze bottles, sachets and stick packs under your label. | Configured to your artwork and carton spec |
Drums are shipped upright and strapped; liquid grades are pumped at controlled temperature to protect HMF and diastase. Reefer or insulated-liner shipment is available for long transits through the tropics.
Related varieties
Acacia Honey
Our highest-volume export variety. Harvested from black locust forests along the Yellow River basin, acacia honey stays liquid and clear for 18–24 months, which makes it the default choice for glass-jar retail packing and squeeze bottles.
Vitex Honey
Also sold as chastetree honey. A bright amber, fully-ripened honey from the mountain scrub of northern China, and the workhorse of the bulk trade: consistent supply, consistent spec, competitive landed cost.
Linden Honey
Harvested from the wild Tilia forests of the Changbai and Lesser Khingan ranges — a protected, low-input environment that yields an unusually aromatic honey with strong demand across Eastern Europe and the CIS.
Get a price on jujube honey
Send us your target volume, packing format and destination port. You will have an FOB and CIF quotation, the current spec sheet and a sample offer within one business day.