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 POPULARY KNOWN AS THE MEDICINAL SUGAR AND IT IS NUTRINALLY COMPARABLE WITH HONEY.IT HAS BEEN USED AS A SWEETNEER IN AYURVEDIC MEDICINE FOR 3000 YEARS.INDIAN AYURVEDIC MEDICINE CONSIDERS JAGGERY TO BE BENEFICAL IN TREATING THROAT AND LUNG INFECTION WHITEREFINED SUGAR MAINLY CONSIST OF GULCOSE AND FURCTOSE JAGGERY CONTAIN OF GLUCOSE AND SUCROSE BUT JAGGERY ALSO HAS MINERALS AND VITAMINS WHICH LACK REFINED SUGAR.THE MINERALS CONTENT OF JAGGERY INCLUDE CALCIUM,PHOSPHRUS,MAGNESIUM,POTASSIUM AND IRON TRACES OF ZINC AND COPPER.THE VITAMINS CONTENT INCLUDES FOLIC ACID AND B-COMPLEX VITAMINS.IT ALSO PREVENTS RHEUMATIC AFFLICATIONS PREVENTS DISORDERS OF BILE HELPS IN RELIEVING FATIQUE,RELAXATION OF MUSCLES,NERVES AND BLOOD VESSELS MAINTAIN BLOOD PRESSURE AND REDUCE WATER RETENSION.