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Slurrp Farm

Jaggery Powder

Name: Jaggery Powder
Brand: Slurrp Farm

Use in moderation On SafeShelf

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Serving

10 g

Pack

300 g

Ingredients

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01 — Ingredient mix

What’s in the box, ranked from most concerning.

Each ingredient gets a tier from our researched dossier. The list sorts worst-first; the donut summarises the distribution. Tap any ingredient for its full dossier.

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100% artisanal jaggery powderCaution

Why it’s on SafeShelf

Reviewed and added to SafeShelf — every ingredient checked against our safety, regulatory and processing standards.

02 — Claims audit

Every label claim, fact-checked.

We treat each claim as a question — does what’s inside back it up? Tap a claim for the reasoning.

6/8

claims fully supported

“Natural Sweetener”true

Jaggery powder is produced by concentrating and drying raw sugarcane juice with no chemical refining, retaining naturally occurring minerals and phenolics — a recognised traditional natural sweetener.

“Zero Junk Promise”true

The product contains a single ingredient (artisanal jaggery powder) with no additives, artificial colours, flavours, preservatives, or emulsifiers listed.

“No Chemicals”true

No synthetic chemical additives are present. In the consumer sense of 'no artificial chemicals,' this is accurate; however, every food substance is technically a chemical, making the claim imprecise.

“No Additives”true

Ingredient list confirms a single ingredient with no additives of any category.

“Use Like Sugar”true

Directions for use explicitly state 'Use like sugar,' and jaggery powder is a functional 1:1 substitute for sugar in cooking, baking, and beverages.

“Made by Two Mothers”unverified

This is a brand origin tagline. No information about founders or founders' identities is available in any of the four data sources to confirm or contradict.

“No Added Sugar”misleading

No extraneous sugar has been added to the jaggery itself — the 9.2 g sugar (per serving) is described as natural. However, jaggery is itself a concentrated free-sugar product (likely ~70–90 g sugar/100 g), so framing it as 'no added sugar' may lead consumers to underestimate its sugar load. Under FSSAI's definition, the claim is technically defensible since jaggery's sugars are intrinsic, but the practical implication is misleading.

“Food Additives - None”true

Single-ingredient product; no food additives of any category are present.

03 — The fuller picture

Read the whole thing if a one-line verdict isn’t enough.

What’s in favour, and what’s working against it

In favour

Single-ingredient product with no additives or preservatives
Retains naturally occurring minerals and antioxidants absent in refined sugar
No artificial colours, flavours, or sweeteners
Zero sodium, zero fat, zero trans fat
Traditionally produced, unrefined sweetener

Working against

High free-sugar content — effectively a concentrated sugar source
Nutrition panel values appear to be per-serving (10 g), not per 100 g — actual sugar content likely ~70–90 g/100 g
Raises postprandial blood glucose similarly to refined sugar despite better micronutrient profile
No FSSAI licence number present on label
Cross-contamination risk with wheat and tree nuts from shared facility

Who should approach with care

Diabetes — Jaggery is primarily sucrose and reducing sugars that significantly raise postprandial blood glucose; people with diabetes or insulin resistance should limit intake and monitor glycaemic response.

Infants — WHO advises against introducing free sugars (including jaggery) in diets of infants under 24 months due to risks of dental caries, poor dietary habit formation, and excess caloric intake.

Children — High free-sugar content contributes to dental caries risk in children, and WHO guidelines recommend minimising free sugar consumption in young children.

Gout — High intake of concentrated sugar sources including jaggery may elevate uric acid via fructose metabolism, potentially exacerbating gout in susceptible individuals.

Ibs — The high sucrose and reducing sugar content of jaggery may aggravate gastrointestinal symptoms in IBS individuals sensitive to fermentable carbohydrates.

Other — Individuals managing obesity or metabolic syndrome should treat jaggery with the same caution as refined sugar, as its caloric density is comparable despite its superior micronutrient profile.

The full analysis

Jaggery powder is a minimally processed culinary ingredient popular among parents seeking a less-refined alternative to white sugar for children's food and home cooking. Unlike refined sugar, it retains trace minerals and antioxidants present in sugarcane juice. That said, it is still fundamentally a concentrated free-sugar source — likely around 70–90 g of sugar per 100 g when the nutrition panel values (which appear to be per-serving figures misrecorded as per-100 g, a likely OCR error) are extrapolated correctly — so the most important thing a curious consumer should know is: jaggery is a better-quality sugar, not a low-sugar product, and should be used in moderation just like any other sweetener.

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