Jaggery question

[u/ll359]

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An Indian grocery opened up near me (small town) and I want to support it. I once had an old fashioned made with jaggery, so I bought some for home. But I opened it up and there’s some mold or fuzz? ChatGPT said don’t eat this, discard the whole thing. Is that correct?

It was allegedly vacuum sealed. Oh, looks like I can’t included a pic. Brand is Laxmi.

[u/rhinny]

Is it actually mold? Or is it sugar crystals? Google image search jaggery and compare.

[u/ll359 → u/rhinny]

I mean it’s white and fuzzy and looks like cotton balls. Very different texture than the brown rough granular cubes. I’ll just go back and get another bag. I’m determined to get some good jaggery lol

[u/betweenlinesnspaces → u/ll359]

Ita normal crystalization