A natural sweetener made by extracting and concentrating the sugars from dates, resulting in a thick, dark syrup with complex caramel and molasses-like flavors. It's been used in Middle Eastern and North African cuisines for millennia.
Dates come from Latin 'dactylus,' from Greek 'daktylos' meaning finger, referring to the fruit's shape. Date syrup production dates back over 4,000 years in Mesopotamia, where it was called 'the honey that doesn't come from bees' and served as the primary sweetener before sugar cane cultivation.
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