Characteristics
Calories per Serving: One serving (1 tablespoon) weights 21 grams and contains 16 grams of total carbohydrates, and only a small portion of them are not digestible. One gram of carbohydrate provides 4 calories. Therefore, 16 grams of total carbohydrate contain 64 calories, but a few of these calories are not digestible, so the total number of calories per serving is closer to 60 calories.
Because Agave Nectar is high in fructose , it is sweeter than refined sugar (approximately 1.4 times sweeter); in fact, fructose offers an equivalent sweetness for nearly half the amount of carbohydrate calories. Fructose does not stimulate digestive insulin secretion as do other sugars. It does not create a “sugar rush.”
Agave Nectar is produced in different grades varying in flavour and colour. The lighter grades of Agave Nectar are flavour neutral , enhancing the natural flavours of coffee, tea, fruit beverages, baked goods, fresh fruits, fruit smoothies, salad dressings, jams and jellies, ice cream, yoghurts, and various prepared foods, without altering their flavour. This is in marked contrast with bee honey, malt barley syrup, and certain other natural sugar substitutes that do alter the flavour of the products which they sweeten. Characteristics The amber grades offers a light increased intensity of the delicate flavour of Agave.
The amber grade is much like honey and delicious in tea, suitable to sweeten a wide variety of foods, dry and hot cereals, pancakes, waffles, baked goods, protein drinks, and sauces. Heavier sauces such as BBQ, spaghetti, stews and meat glazes may be enhanced by the darker grades of this sweetener which deliver the rich and complex flavours distinctive to Agave.
Agave Nectar is a moisture retainer. It increases the water retention properties of food. In bread and baked goods, Agave Nectar enhances product freshness due to its hygroscopic properties which act as humidifying agents, hereby increasing the shelf life of such products.
Our Agave Nectar is Certified Organic .The Agave crops used in producing Agave Nectar are herbicide and pesticide free. Growers that supply the raw material will use only natural fertilizers and employ agricultural practices that meet organic certification standards.
We have also obtained KOSHER PAREVE certification: Special Kosher – Lepesach production certification for the manufacturing plant.