Desert Valley Date Inc

What Desert Valley Date Inc does

Desert Valley Date Inc (legal entity Desert Valley Date LLC) is a privately held date fruit grower, packer, and shipper founded in 1985 and headquartered at 86-740 Industrial Way, Coachella, California. The company operates from a 100,000+ square foot manufacturing facility with onsite cold and frozen storage, processing 20+ million pounds of dates annually sourced from its own 500 acres of palm groves plus more than 75 outside growers, primarily in California. Its product portfolio spans whole Medjool and Deglet Noor varieties alongside value-added formats including Date Paste, Diced Dates, and Date Rolls (the original health bar extruded from 100% date paste with coconut or almond coating).

The company differentiates on scale and certification rather than technology. It holds AA BRC Food Safety Certification (achieved 2021), USDA Organic (since 2009), USDA facility approval with on-site inspector, and additional Kosher, Halal, Non-GMO, Gluten Free, and Glyphosate Free certifications. Processing capabilities include zero-waste manufacturing that upcycles lower-grade fruit into date syrup and cattle feed and reuses palm fronds as fertilizer, plus solar canopy power generation installed in 2020. Diced date processing produces low-moisture, low-water-activity product with extended shelf life, available with gluten-free oat flour, rice flour, or dextrose coatings tailored to food manufacturer specifications.

Desert Valley Date operates as a B2B supplier to food manufacturers and formulators, bulk/wholesale buyers, and retail packaged goods customers, with quote-based pricing and no public price list. GTM motion is enterprise field sales targeting companies of all sizes, supported by website content marketing, social media presence on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram, and an email newsletter. The company self-describes as 'the largest one-stop date shop in the United States' and claims a global customer footprint, though named customer accounts, contract values, and revenue figures are not publicly disclosed. No funding rounds, acquisitions, or executive leadership changes are documented in the available data.

Name

Desert Valley Date Inc

Legal name

Desert Valley Date LLC

Website

https://desertvalleydate.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Desert Valley Date is a privately held Coachella Valley-based grower, packer, and shipper of California dates founded in 1985. It processes 20+ million pounds annually through a 100,000+ sq ft facility, supplying whole, paste, diced, and rolled date products to food manufacturers, wholesale buyers, and retailers under multiple food safety certifications.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Date Fruit Processing and Manufacturing

akta.pro primary industry

Coconut & Date Palm Plantations (Coconuts, Dates) (AFAGACAH)

Keywords

• Date processing
• Bulk date products
• Organic date farming
• Value-added dates
• Wholesale date supply

Headquarters

HQ city

Coachella

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Date Product Sales: Wholesale and bulk sales of date products including Medjools, Deglet Noor, Date Rolls, Date Paste, and Diced Dates to food manufacturers, retailers, and businesses of all sizes

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Desert Valley Date is a manufacturer, packer, and shipper of California dates operating as a "One Stop Date Shop" out of its Coachella Valley facility. It sources dates from its own farms and 75+ outside growers and produces whole Medjool and Deglet Noor dates plus value-added processed products such as Date Paste, Diced Dates, and Date Rolls for food manufacturers, retailers, and wholesale buyers.

Product overview

Desert Valley Date operates as a One Stop Date Shop offering a comprehensive portfolio of date products. The core offerings include whole Medjool Dates (the King of Dates) and Deglet Noor Dates (the Queen of Dates), supplemented by value-added processed forms including Date Paste (100% dates used as a versatile ingredient in food formulations), Diced Dates (pre-cut dates with various coating options), and Date Rolls (the original health bar available as pure coconut rolls or almond-covered rolls). The company sources dates from their own farms and over 75 outside growers in California, serving as a bulk and wholesale supplier for food manufacturers, retailers, and businesses of all sizes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Medjool Dates Large, juicy Medjool dates known for their rich caramel flavor and dark color, handpicked in the fall harvest and naturally rich in fiber, potassium, antioxidants, and essential micronutrients with a low glycemic index. Sold whole to food manufacturers, retailers, and wholesale buyers.
• Deglet Noor Dates Smaller, lighter-colored dates with a more delicate flavor, drier and less sweet than Medjools, ideal for chopping into recipes or snacking. Rich in dietary fiber, antioxidants, and essential micronutrients with a low glycemic index. Sold to food manufacturers, retailers, and wholesale buyers.
• Date Rolls The original health bar made from 100% date paste extruded and coated with coconut, available as pure Date Coconut Rolls or Almond Covered Date Coconut Rolls. Non-GMO, preservative-free, organic, gluten-free, kosher certified, and halal certified; intended for retail packaged goods and consumer snack applications.
• Date Paste 100% dates with no additives, available as Medjool Date Paste (smoother texture, equal parts glucose and fructose) or Deglet Noor Date Paste (more fibrous, almost equal parts glucose, fructose, and sucrose). Versatile ingredient for breads, muffins, cakes, cookies, nutrition bars, smoothies, ice creams, sauces, glazes, and energy bars.
• Diced Dates Whole dates that are washed, heated to proper moisture content, pitted and diced to uniform size, then lightly coated to keep them separated. Coating options include gluten-free oat flour, rice flour, dextrose, or other coatings depending on volume. Long shelf life due to low moisture and low water activity.

Quantifiable outcome

• One mature date palm can produce up to 10,000 dates in one season
• +3 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Large US Retailer (First Major Partnership)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 1987Desert Valley Date landed its first partnership with a large US retailer in 1987, marking a significant milestone in the company's growth and establishing early retail distribution channels for date products.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Hadley Date Gardens: Long-established date grower and gift-pack shipper also located in the Coachella Valley. Comparable in growing geography and date product focus, though smaller scale and more retail/gift-oriented.
• Natural Delights (Bard Valley Date Growers): Largest US Medjool date grower/packer/shipper also based in the Bard/Coachella Valley region. Most directly comparable peer given overlapping product portfolio (Medjools, value-added date products), B2B/wholesale model, and California growing base.
• California Date Company: California-based date supplier offering Medjool and Deglet Noor varieties to retail and wholesale channels. Comparable product mix and geography, overlapping with Desert Valley's customer base.
• Datepac LLC: California-based date packer/processor handling Medjool and Deglet Noor dates for retail and ingredient customers. Directly comparable scale and product mix to Desert Valley Date.

Regional players

• Al Foah (Emirates Dates): UAE-based government-owned date processor and global exporter, one of the world's largest date suppliers. Comparable in date processing and global B2B distribution, though serving primarily Middle Eastern and export markets rather than US retail.
• Medjool Morocco / Kingdom Dates: North African Medjool date producer/exporter. Comparable as a Medjool date supplier targeting international ingredient and retail customers; competes indirectly with Desert Valley in US import channels.

Broad incumbents

• Sun-Maid Growers of California: Historic California cooperative processing raisins and other dried fruits for retail and ingredient customers. Comparable as a vertically integrated California dried-fruit supplier at much larger scale.
• Sunsweet Growers: Large California-based cooperative and processor of dried fruits (primarily prunes, plus dried cranberries, apricots). Comparable as an established dried-fruit B2B supplier to food manufacturers, though not in the date category specifically.
• Mariani Packing Company: Large-scale US dried fruit (raisins, cranberries, apricots, dates) processor serving food manufacturers and ingredient customers. Comparable processing scale, B2B ingredient model, and food-safety certifications posture.
• The Wonderful Company (Wonderful Pistachios & POM Wonderful): Major California-based grower/processor of tree nuts and pomegranate products with extensive vertically integrated operations. Comparable as a large-scale California tree-crop grower with similar scale and supply chain model, though in adjacent categories.

Market position

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookm.facebook.com/desertvalleydate
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/desert-valley-date-inc
• Instagraminstagram.com/desertvalleydate/?hl=en

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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