Wholesome Sweetner's organic raw agave syrup is a natural sweetner extracted from the heart of the agave plant. It is produced at a low temperature and has full sweet flavour with subtle molasses tones. Agave is a low glycemic index sweetner, so it is slowly absorbed into the body preventing spikes in blood sugar. it is 25% sweeter than sugar, so you need less. a perfect multipurpose sweetner, use wherever you would use table sugar. It is delicious on buckwheat pancakes or hot waffles for breakfast. (Waffles are good from rice, buckwheat, quinoa, barley or millet flours.)