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New Ingredient Spotlight: Coconut Sugar

Last week we revealed our four newest flavors (Mocha Maca Crunch, Luna Berry Swirl, Ginger Cookie Caramel, and Chocolate Walnut Brownie), which all feature Coconut Sugar.  Since then we've been getting lots of questions on our Facebook and Twitter pages from fans asking about this new sweetener.  So here's the lowdown for all you foodies, healthy eaters, and non-dairy ice cream lovers out there.  We're sure that you'll be convinced and excited too about this delicious and sustainable sweetener.

Photo courtesy of www.coconutworld.com.

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The Lowdown on Agave Nectar

Often times when we are out doing tastings at stores or festivals, people will ask us about Agave.   So here are the questions we get asked most frequently.  Plus we’ve included more helpful links as well should you want to do some more investigating into this blissfully sweet nectar.

What is Agave?  Agave syrup or nectar is a natural sweetener extracted from the Agave plant (we use the pina- the heavy heart of the plant).  Traditionally, the indigenous people of Mexico gathered the sweet juice to prepare special celebratory beverages.  The Agave plant is considered the “Mexican Tree of Life and Abundance”, and is also known as “honey water” because it flows from the leaves and root when cut...

 

 

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Where is it from and how is it made?  Coconut Bliss sources our Agave from a state-of-the-art, organic certified, cooperatively owned processing facility and farm in Jalisco, Mexico.  The process used to make our agave is quite simple.  The agave plants naturally thirve in this environment and require no inputs of any kind – no fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides- not even water!  The pinas are harvested by hand, cleaned, ground up, and sprayed with water to remove the juice.  The juice is then gently heated to break down the inulin into fructose, filtered for impurities, and finally evaporated using only heat and a vacuum to create a thick and luscious syrup. 

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