Premium Medjool dates, 1kg gift box

World-class Medjool at a third of US prices, from the country that grows more dates than anywhere on earth.

Price: 420 EGP (Spinneys Egypt lists Medjool 1kg at E£420 (~US$8.60); jumbo Egyptian Medjool from specialist farms E£350-550/kg; ordinary local dates E£75-145/kg)

Where to buy: Spinneys/Carrefour supermarkets for sealed boxes; Abdel Rahim Koueider (historic Cairo confectioner) for gift-grade; date sellers in any souk for loose

Price checked 2026-07-03

• Egypt is the world's largest date producer — Siwa and Fayoum Medjool and Sukkari are superb and far cheaper than the same fruit abroad
• Buy sealed retail boxes for customs ease (both US and India admit packaged dates — declare them)
• Koueider's stuffed dates (almonds, candied orange) are the gift-box move for roughly E£600-900/kg