Jaggery is a traditional non-centrifugal cane sugar consumed in Asia Africa and some countries in the Americas. It is a concentrated product of cane juice and often date or palm sap (see palm sugar) without separation of the molasses and crystals and can vary from golden brown to dark brown in colour. It contains up to 50% sucrose up to 20% invert sugars and up to 20% moisture with the remainder made up of other insoluble matter such as wood ash proteins and bagasse fibres. Jaggery is mixed with other ingredients such as peanuts condensed milk coconut and white sugar to produce several locally marketed and consumed delicacies.