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Californian Medjool date, premium grade
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Californian Medjool date, premium grade

The 'king of dates' — jumbo-grade Medjools grown in the desert heat of Coachella Valley

OriginCoachella Valley, USA
Indian subcontinentNo
CategoryGlobal Rare Foods & Ingredients
Retail price band$$ per kg, indicative $8–$16/kg for Jumbo/Extra Fancy grade retail-ready product
Bulk / trade price band$4–$7/kg on bulk (multi-tonne) export orders, grade-dependent
Sourcing statusDossier researched from public sources — producer contact not yet established
Compliance statusPreliminary review complete (see below) — not yet legally verified
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Dossier researched, photography pending. The sections below are drawn from the cited public sources. This is desk research, not yet verified by direct producer contact or legal counsel — treat pricing, compliance and provenance detail as a working draft for due diligence, not a final trade sheet.

Detailed study

The Medjool (also spelled Medjoul) is a large, soft, caramel-sweet date cultivar of Phoenix dactylifera originally from Morocco, now grown at commercial scale in the low desert of California (Coachella Valley/Bard Valley) and Arizona, USA, where the hot, arid climate and irrigation from desert aquifers/canals suit date palm cultivation.

Provenance & producer

Medjool palms were introduced into the US in 1927 from a small disease-surviving stock imported from Morocco, propagated first in Arizona and then expanded into California's Coachella Valley, which today is one of the largest Medjool-growing regions outside the Middle East/North Africa; premium grading (Jumbo/Extra Fancy) is based on size, moisture, and cosmetic quality standards used by California/Arizona date packers.

Market & pricing

US Medjool dates are marketed as a premium, traceable, non-Middle-East-sourced alternative to Gulf-region Medjools, appealing to US, EU and increasingly Asian health-food and natural-snacking markets; Coachella Valley is also a well-known agritourism date-growing region, reinforcing provenance marketing value.

Compliance & export

US-grown Medjool dates fall under USDA grading standards for dates (grade categories such as Fancy/Choice/Standard alongside size categories like Jumbo/Extra Large) and standard FDA food-safety/export documentation; no CITES or special wildlife regulation applies, though organic or Fair Trade claims require separate USDA Organic or third-party certification if made on packaging.

Sources

Image status

A working reference photograph is in place, captured from a freely-licensed Wikimedia Commons source. Fresh Medjool variety dates, ORGANIChouse, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Note: illustrative of the Medjool variety generally; not documented as California-grown specifically. Treat this as a placeholder for marketing purposes: exact licence terms should be re-verified on the Commons file page, and original producer photography is recommended before final trade use.