Wholesome Sweeteners Organic Blue Agave, Light, 11.75-Ounce Bottles (Pack of 6)

by Wholesome Sweeteners

Product Features

• Organic blue agave; A low glycemic sweetener
• 25% sweeter than sugar; Organic; GMO Free; Kosher
• Gluten free and vegan
• Natural Sweetness without the blood sugar spike

Product Description

About the Brand

Wholesome Sweeteners brings the very best of nature's sweetness to you and your family every day. Wholesome believes in traditional ways, artisanal products and a very light environmental footprint. After searching the world for the best products, Wholesome has focused on the tropics, where the climate and conditions are just right for growing organic sweeteners. With Fair Trade Certified™ organic and natural sweeteners from Central and South America and Africa, Wholesome is committed to making the world a sweeter place, one spoonful at a time.

Company Overview

• Founded in 1995 in Sugar Land, Texas, Wholesome Sweeteners supplies the American market the highest quality natural and organic sweeteners from around the world.
• Wholesome Sweeteners pioneered efforts to bring sugar and honey into the Fair Trade movement and was the first to bring Fair Trade Certified sweeteners to American markets. Wholesome Sweeteners now offers a wide range of Fair Trade Certified, organic and natural sweeteners produced by traditional methods from nature’s best resources.

Fair Trade Certification is a promise that: Farmers’ cooperatives are paid directly (no middlemen). The members receive a fair and reliable set price for their crops. The cooperative has access to loans and additional premiums for community and business development. It’s trade, not aid. Cooperatives decide how the money is invested; the only stipulation is that every member has a vote in how the inves™ent is made.

Social Responsibility
The Fair Trade Certified™ logo represents Wholesome's commi™ent to consumers that a fair premium price is paid to the farmers’ cooperatives that supply Wholesome’s Fair Trade products.

Since initiating the Fair Trade Certified program in 2005, Wholesome Sweeteners has paid more than $800,000 directly to Fair Trade cooperative partners in Costa Rica, Malawi, Mexico and Paraguay. Fair Trade means that farmers can send their kids to school, keep their land, develop the quality of their harvest and build thriving communities.

Beyond the parameters of Fair Trade Certification, Wholesome selects suppliers based on a demonstrated commi™ent to social responsibility and community outreach.

Environmental Responsibility
Wholesome Sweeteners' ethos is shaped by a deep concern for the long-term health of the planet and all of its inhabitants.

The USDA Organic logo is Wholesome's promise that we hold every product to the highest environmental standard. Each product bearing the USDA Organic logo has been grown and milled to USDA Organic standards, without the aid of synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides or chemicals.

Wholesome uses traditional methods:

• Fair Trade certification includes a commitment to sustainable agriculture. In recent years, unprecedented acreage has been converted from conventional agriculture to organic cultivation, reducing exposure to pesticides, herbicides and fungicides.
• From the seed stock to harvest, our sugar cane is cultivated and harvested by hand and grown without synthetic fertilizers, pesticides or herbicides.
• Wholesome’s cane fields are never burned. During the harvest, trimmings are allowed to stay where they fall, decomposing naturally, returning nutrients to the soil, helping protect topsoil and ground water and providing habitat for wildlife.
• At the small mills in Costa Rica, Malawi and Paraguay, our sweeteners are made simply and the spent sugar cane, called bagasse, is often recycled as fuel to generate electricity for the mill and nearby villages.
• Deep in Southern Mexico’s jungles, honeybees browse on lush wildflowers without exposure to antibiotics or chemicals.

Product Description

A low glycemic organic sweetener from 100% Organic Blue Agave. Wholesome Sweeteners Premium Organic Agave is a natural sweetener made from of the Blue Agave plant. Agave is a Low Glycemic Index (GI) sweetener, so it is slowly absorbed into the body, preventing spikes in blood sugar. It is 1-1/4 times sweeter than sugar, so you need less. The sweet mild taste is perfect for sweetening beverages, baking and as a multipurpose sweetener. Use wherever you would table sugar. USDA Organic and kosher certified. Suitable for vegan, vegetarian, Halal and plant-based diets. Product of Mexico.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 4.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000FL3I5I
• Item model number: 20121
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #66,669 in Grocery & Gourmet Food (See Top 100 in Grocery & Gourmet Food)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An excellent sugar substitute with a low glycemic index., December 15, 2006

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Nicole S. Urdang (Western New York) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wholesome Sweeteners Organic Blue Agave, Light, 11.75-Ounce Bottles (Pack of 6) (Grocery)

I bought this one and the dark variety. They are both very good; kind of a gentle sweetening agent, not in your face sweet like white sugar.
I preferred the dark type as it seemed to have more flavor, but this one's taste is probably better for most baking recipes, as it would impart a less assertive note.
No trouble using agave in all my recipes both sweet and savory, like that little bit of sweeteness one wants in a Thai dish, for example.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars STICKY MESS!, January 20, 2007

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Gail M. Curren "health nut" (Watauga, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wholesome Sweeteners Organic Blue Agave, Light, 11.75-Ounce Bottles (Pack of 6) (Grocery)

Taste great but the cap on the bottle doesn't seal very well so when it is shipped they leak. You can not take it with you without putting it in another container.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Product!, January 4, 2007

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I. Clark (OH USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wholesome Sweeteners Organic Blue Agave, Light, 11.75-Ounce Bottles (Pack of 6) (Grocery)

I've received my second order of this product. This time I ordered the larger size. This is an excellent alternative sweetener. It has no after taste like a lot of the artificial sweeteners. I use it in my drinks, cereals and cooked dishes. I've never tried baking with it. I highly recommend this product - try it, you'll like it!