Singh et al., [4] mentioned the importance of jaggery in India in
their paper entitled ‘Alternative sweeteners production from sugarcane
in India: Lump Sugar (Jaggery). They stated that sugar and jaggery are
the main sweetening agents which are added to beverage and foods for
increasing palatability. Over the years, food habits of human beings have
been greatly influenced by research and developmental activities and
also due to their health consciousness. Despite witnessing pressure of
industrialization, the jaggery industry has flourished in different states
of the country viz., Uttar Pradesh, Tamilnadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra
and Andhra Pradesh. The increasing trend of their production is of
much significance to learn about peoples’ liking towards jaggery in
rural areas mainly due to its nutritional and medicinal values. Due to its
nutritional and medicinal values, the jaggery has great export potential
in the world.