Abstract:

With red date and honey as a major raw material, the jelly was developed with beautiful color, unique flavor and health
function. The processing technology of red date and honey jelly was investigated through orthogonal experiment. The result showed the optimum technology was red date 65%, gelling agent 0.8%, honey 3%, protein sugar 0.1%，citric acid 0.2%. The gelling agent was xanthan gum: agar from 1：1 mixtures. In the condition, the best product with a pure color and delicious taste was obtained

Key words: red date, honey, jelly