Pure Kithul treacle 500ml

Nutrition filled sweet delight

Ingredients: Sap of the flower of Jaggery palm tree (Caryota urens)
A natural sweetener free from any artificial ingredients.
Use as a sweetener or as an ingredient in toffees/ cakes/ice cream/ sweetmeats/ palm wine, and a substitute for honey.
Rich in essential minerals, vitamins and iron. A healthy alternative for sugar.
Extensively used in traditional medicine for its health benefits. Used to treat constipation and arthritis.
Aids in improving complexion, maintaining proper blood sugar levels and reducing weight gain.
A natural energy booster.

Kithul treacle, the much loved natural sweetener in Sri Lanaka, is made from the sap harvested from the Fishtail Palm Tree, also known as Jaggery Palm Tree. Harvesting sap from Fishtail Palm Tree is a lengthy and risky process. The tapper climbs up a wooden lattice tied to a side of the palm tree that usually grows up to a height of 40-feet. Then he makes a sharp incision at the base of a cluster of flowers that droop down from a branch, like a bunch of grapes and ties a jute sack to the base of the cluster to collect droplets of sap trickling down from the flower.
Once the sap is collected for several days, it is usually boiled over an open wood fire until it turns into a thick honey like liquid.

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