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Agave syrup is apparently becoming a popular sweetener. I’ve seen it in the Kroger organics section at a very high price, but never seen the need to shell out six dollars a bottle.

A fructose sweetener extracted from the agave plant – the same one used to produce Tequila – the syrup has been consumed for thousands of years in Mexico and Central America, but is only now becoming a recognized commodity in the United States. Practically unheard of five years ago, it has begun to show up recently in health food stores and Bay Area markets.