Sugars and Sweeteners
AGAVE NECTAR
- 90% fructose.
- from the blue agave plant.
- 28% sweeter than sugar.
BLACKSTRAP MOLASSES
- 35% sucrose, 20% glucose and fructose.
- material that remains when sucrose is removed from sugar cane juice.
- contains iron, calcium, zinc, copper.
- used mostly for baking.
- important to get unsulfured and organic
BROWN SUGAR
- 99% sucrose, with molasses in it.
DATE SUGAR
- made from ground dates.
- a whole food.
HONEY
- 77% sugar (38% fructose, 31%glucose, 1%sucrose) 17% water.
- some minerals and some B -complex vitamins (trace amounts).
MAPLE SYRUP
- relatively high in calcium, iron, and potassium.
- contains more of these minerals and has fewer calories than honey.
RAPADURA
- unrefined evaporated cane juice. High in chromium and other minerals.
82% sucrose.
- see www.rapunzel.com
SORBITOL
- a sugar which does not trigger insulin.
- "ol" suffix usually means the body doesn't read it as
sugar.
- can irritate and upset the stomach.
- mostly converted to CO2 within the body.
SPLENDA
STEVIA
- liquid or powder
- made up of glycosides from the stevia leaf.
- does not adversely affect blood sugar levels.
SUCANUT
- evaporated and boiled down cane juice.
- 90% sucrose.
- contains more of the cane original minerals.
SUCROSE
- ordinary table sugar.
- made from sugar cane or sugar beets.
- refined into a chemical with a long shelf life.
- devoid of vitamins.
TURBINADO ("sugar in the raw")
- 99% sucrose.
- cane is crushed, pressed then treated to remove impurities.
- boiled till it crystalizes to raw sugar with contaminents.
- crystals are steamed, washed then sold.
XYLITOL
- natural carbohydrate from birch trees, absorbed slowly.
- contains more minerals and fewer calories than honey.
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