Kithul & Palmyrah Products
Kithul and palmyrah palm products from Sri Lanka: kithul treacle, kithul jaggery, kithul flour, palmyrah jaggery and odiyal flour, listed as available on request for trade buyers.
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About Kithul & Palmyrah Products from Sri Lanka
Kithul and palmyrah are two palms that are tapped for their sweet sap in Sri Lanka. Kithul is the fishtail palm or jaggery palm, Caryota urens. The Sri Lanka Export Development Board (EDB) states that it flourishes in the wet zone and the central highlands of the country. Palmyrah is Borassus flabellifer. The EDB craft sector report of March 2012 places palmyrah-based products in the Batticaloa and Jaffna districts, and lists palmyrah among the raw materials of the craft sector.
EDB describes three main kithul products: treacle, jaggery and flour. Kithul treacle is a syrup made by heating the sap collected from the kithul flower. Kithul jaggery is made by boiling the sap beyond the treacle stage and pouring it into moulds, usually coconut shells, where it sets solid. Kithul flour is a starch extracted from the core of the trunk.
The items listed in this category are kithul treacle, kithul jaggery, kithul flour, palmyrah jaggery and odiyal flour, which is a flour made from palmyrah tubers. All five are listed as available on request. They are standard Sri Lankan products described from official sources, and a listing is not a statement of stock or of the composition of any batch. A quotation follows your enquiry.
To enquire, email us from the Contact page or the How to order page. State the product, the pack type (for example glass bottles of treacle, or jaggery in blocks or cubes of a given weight), the quantity, the destination port and any documents you need. If your market requires a declaration that no cane sugar is added, or a test report, list it in your request.
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Kithul flour is the edible starch extracted from the pith of the kithul palm trunk (Caryota urens) and sun dried. A traditional Sri Lankan food product, listed here as available on request.
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Kithul jaggery is a solid palm sugar made by boiling the flower sap of the kithul palm (Caryota urens) and setting it in coconut shell moulds. A Sri Lankan export food, available on request.
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Kithul treacle, also called kithul syrup, is a thick honey-coloured sweetener made by heating the flower sap of the kithul palm (Caryota urens). A Sri Lankan export food, available on request.
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Odiyal flour is made from palmyrah tubers that are cleaned, sliced and dried to make flour. A tuber based product listed by the Palmyrah Development Board of Sri Lanka, available on request.
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Palmyrah jaggery is a sweetener made from the non-fermented sap of the palmyrah palm, produced in northern Sri Lanka. A product listed by the Palmyrah Development Board, available on request.
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What is the difference between kithul treacle and kithul jaggery?
EDB explains that treacle is a syrup made by heating kithul sap, while jaggery is the sap boiled beyond the treacle stage and set solid in moulds. The EDB page is in the sources for this category.
Which palms do kithul and palmyrah come from?
Kithul is the fishtail or jaggery palm, Caryota urens. Palmyrah is Borassus flabellifer. They are different palms, so state which product you need.
Are kithul or palmyrah items listed online?
Yes. Kithul treacle, kithul jaggery, kithul flour, palmyrah jaggery and odiyal flour are listed as available on request. A quotation follows your enquiry by email from the Contact page or the How to order page.
What should an enquiry include?
State the product, pack type and size, quantity, destination port and the documents or test reports your market requires.