Q: What do you think of Agave Nectar as a sweetener?

Wednesday, April 15

A: The principal constituent of agave nectar from the agave plant is starch. This then undergoes enzymatic and chemical conversions that refines and chemically alters it to make a highly refined form of fructose--very similar to high fructose corn syrup. Sounds like high fructose agave nectar to me.

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