FOR CONSUMERS

Basra Date Syrup is an authentic date syrup. It is your sweet flavoring with every meal. For example with baking, frying or creating a delicious sandwich. The syrup is gluten-free, does not crystallize and has a delicious taste thanks to the large amount of fruit. Read more

FOR DISTRIBUTORS

Basra Date Syrup is looking for new partners in various countries worldwide. Partners that resell Basra Date Syrup to shops through their own distribution center or wholesale channel. Would you also like to contribute and grow together with the success of Basra Date Syrup? This is your opportunity to become a distributor. Read more

ABOUT BASRA

There is a unique story and a special product behind the Basra Date Syrup brand. Since 1997 two family businesses with different backgrounds and nationalities have been committed to the aim of introducing as many people as possible worldwide to their high-quality date syrup. Read more

“BASRA STANDS FOR QUALITY”

Thanks to the recipe and the advanced production process, which is continuously being refined, we sell a date syrup of the highest quality.

Get to know Basra

The brand Basra represents a special product and a special story. This special story starts with the name Basra. When you do an online search for the word Basra, you will discover that it is the name of the second largest city in Iraq. Thanks to the Iraqi roots of Mr. Maan (the founder of Basra Date Syrup), his knowledge of date syrup and the market and years of close collaboration with producer Frumarco, Basra Date Syrup has gained a lot of popularity in recent decades.

It was 1997 when the idea emerged to start producing a well-known Iraqi date syrup in Europe under the name of Basra. Through a connection Mr. Maan got in contact with the family business Frumarco. Frumarco is a Dutch producer of fruit syrups and is now managed by the seventh generation of the Visschers family. The idea of date syrup appealed to the Visschers family and in 1998 the actual production started.

THE HISTORY OF DATE SYRUP

Dates grow on date palms and are among the oldest cultivated fruits in the world. Thousands of years ago, people became familiar with the benefits of the date palm and its fruits. Besides the fact that dates are tasty, one of the advantages is that date syrup can also be used as a sweetener. Ancient cuneiform scripts from Mesopotamia (as it was called in the period of about 3400 – 600 BC. The region where present-day Iraq and some parts of Syria, Turkey, and Iran are now located) refer to the syrup as the most important sweetener of the time.