The Indian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics

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A Comparative Study of Cane and Palm Jaggery with Reference to Chemical Composition and Use in Food Preparations


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The jaggery industry has been a very ancient cottage industry in India. The term sugar is derived from ' SARKARA ' meaning gur or jaggery, or indigenous sugar which was well known in ancient India Jaggery has been used extensively in Indian diets an energy producing food. The consumption of jaggery in India is about four times that of refined sugar.
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M. Usha
Women's Christian College, Madras, India
E. Sunderarajan
Women's Christian College, Madras, India
R. Arulanantham
Women's Christian College, Madras, India

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The jaggery industry has been a very ancient cottage industry in India. The term sugar is derived from ' SARKARA ' meaning gur or jaggery, or indigenous sugar which was well known in ancient India Jaggery has been used extensively in Indian diets an energy producing food. The consumption of jaggery in India is about four times that of refined sugar.