#AGAVE NECTAR SKIN#

Agave is used to cure bruises, burns, skin injuries, minor cuts and irritation caused by insect bites.Use ½ as much agave, and increase other liquids in the recipe by up to 1/3 of a cup.ġ cup of brown sugar = 2/3 cup agave nectar and reduce other liquids in the recipe by 1/4 cup It could also be used as a replacement of sugar in baked recipes.ġ cup of white sugar = 2/3 cup agave nectar and reduce other liquids in the recipe by 1/4 to 1/3 cup Due to its thin consistency, it is served as a topping for pancakes, fruit salads and ice cream. The color of Agave nectar varies from light to dark amber that depends on degree of processing.Īgave nectar is regarded as a natural alternative to artificial sweeteners and refined sugars. The filtered juice is concentrated to syrupy liquid but is slightly thinner in comparison to honey. Fructan, a polymer of fructose molecules, is the main polysaccharide. The juice is filtered and heated in order to break polysaccharides into simple sugars. Then juice is extracted from core of agave known as piña. tequilana and Agave Americana plants after grown for seven to fourteen years. Agave syrup is produced by cutting off the leaves of A. It also contains fructose as carbohydrate determining sweetening properties. Flowers are then replaced by capsule fruits.Īgave is 1 ½ times sweeter in comparison to regular sugar and possesses about 60 calories per tablespoon which resembles 20 calories more than same amount of table sugar. The pollination is done by insects such as hawk moths and bees, bats or birds which depend on species. The flower consists of an inferior ovary and six petals and produce abundant amounts of nectar. Flowers are red, pale green, yellow which are borne in tall branching or unbranching inflorescences which measures 9 meters high in some species. Generally the plants are monocarpic which means each rosette dies after flowering and fruiting. Some species might produce bulbils on inflorescence. Most of the species reproduce vegetatively and creates clonal rosettes at the base of main stem or by underground rhizomes. Leaves are pale green to blue-grey that could be striped or variegated. The spines are found along edges and tip of the leaf. Agave is a rosette of leathery succulent leaves which ranges more than 2.5 meters long that depends on species.