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Jaggery is a traditional non-centrifugal cane sugar [1] consumed in the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, North America, [2] Central America, Brazil and Africa. [3] It is a concentrated product of cane juice and often date or palm sap without separation of the molasses and crystals, and can vary from golden brown to dark brown in colour.
Palm sugar is made from the sugar-rich sap. The sugar palm (Arenga pinnata) is native to the coastal and tropical regions of Asia, mainly China, Malaysia, and Indonesia. The sap used to produce palm sugar is known in India as gur and in Indonesia as gula aren. The coconut palm' (Cocos nucifera) yields coconut palm sugar from the sap of its ...
The first date palm jaggery and sugar factory was established in 1837 at Dhoba near Burdwan in West Bengal, which was the first industrialization of palm sugar production in India. In 1861, Mr. Newhouse built a factory for the production of date palm jaggery and sugar at Taherpur on the banks of the Kapotaksha River in Chougacha. Later, 117 ...
Jaggery – made from date, cane juice, or palm sap, contains 50% sucrose, up to 20% invert sugars, and a maximum of 20% moisture Lactose – sometimes called milk sugar [6] Malt extract or malt syrup – a sweet, sticky, brown liquid made from barley [7]
A block of Indian jaggery, a type of raw sugar Three cakes of commercially produced palm sugar The sap of some species is concentrated to make sweeteners, usually through drying or boiling . Cane juice, syrup , molasses , and raw sugar , which has many regional and commercial names including demerara , jaggery , muscovado , panela , piloncillo ...
A sugary sap, called toddy, can be obtained from the young inflorescence, both male and female, and this is fermented to make a beverage called arrack, or concentrated to produce a crude sugar called jaggery/palm sugar. It is called gula Jawa (Javanese sugar) in Indonesia and is widely used in
Jaggery, non-centrifugal cane sugar, Myanmar. Non-centrifugal cane sugar ( NCS ) is the technical name given to traditional raw sugar obtained by evaporating water from sugarcane juice. NCS is internationally recognized as a discrete and unique product by the FAO [ 1 ] since 1964 and by the World Customs Organization (WCO) since 2007.
Palmgur (jaggery), palm sugar, coconut nectar and neera syrup are produced by heating fresh neera and concentrating it. Caramelization [citation needed] turns the heated neera from milky white to transparent brown. West Bengal and Orissa are the Indian states where most of the neera is converted into palmgur.