It was originally made from the sugary sap of Palmyra Palm.The taste of palm jaggery has a chocolate like taste and contains a large number of vitamins and minerals. When compared to refined sugar, the minerals in palm jaggery still remains even the manufacturing process is completed.

BENIIFITS

• One of the main advantages of palm jaggery is that it favours easy digestion. It acts as a detox for removing unwanted particles in the liver, and cleans the system by removing toxins in our body.
• One of the biggest reasons behind low birth weight babies is poor nutrition. Eating jaggery is practised in India. Eating jaggery 7 months before delivery is so beneficial for the mom. It successfully purifies breast milk by removing impurities.
  
• Eating jaggery during menstruation is like ” what!”. Research says that it releases endorphins and relax your body and relieving aches and cramps.
  
• Try out by dropping a piece of jaggery in lukewarm water and drink it up. It also gives a complete cure of cough and cold. Replace jaggery in your morning tea instead of refined sugar.
  
• Palm jaggery contains both potassium and sodium which play a important role in maintaining the acid levels in our body thereby, maintaining pressure of the blood flow.