Jaggery is an unrefined natural sugar that is produced without adding any chemicals. More than 70% of the total world jaggery production
is done in India. Jaggery is popularly known as the “medicinal sugar” and is nutritionally comparable with honey. It has been used as a
sweetener in Ayurvedic Medicine for 3000 years. Indian Ayurvedic medicine considers jaggery to be beneficial in treating throat and lung infections.
While refined sugar mainly consists of glucose and fructose,
jaggery contains glucose and sucrose.
But jaggery also has minerals and vitamins which lack refined sugar.
The mineral content of jaggery includes calcium, phosphorus, magnesium,
potassium, and iron and traces of zinc and copper.
The vitamin content includes folic acid and B-complex vitamins.
Thus, other than that it is a good source of energy,
It also prevents rheumatic afflictions; prevents disorders of bile; helps in
relieving fatigue, relaxation of muscles, nerves, and blood vessels;maintains
blood pressure and reduces water retention; increases hemoglobin level
and prevents anemia. Bakery and confectionery products are furnished with
nutrients, vitamins, and proteins. These are offered in a spectrum of delicious
stuff in baked products like biscuits, bread,
cakes, pastries, buns, rusks and rolls, etc.