Shrek uses the agave, to me it has an astringent aftertaste I am not happy with. The coconut sugar noted on a different thread is working well for my coffee in the morning.
After thorough research into sweeteners, I settled on palm sugar and organic cane sugar. They are very close to each other. The key word in cane sugar is "organic," which. less importantly indicating what wasn't used, pretty much insures that it is produced by evaporation with no other processing. But I thin palm sugar is maybe a bit better for you. I was using agave and still have some, but there were some things about it I didn't like.
Both are slightly tan or off white, but neither tastes (to me) strongly of molasses as "brown" sugar does. I combined the change with cutting the quantity of sugar in half in routine daily used.
I have no medical necessity for using non-caloric sugar substitutes, and I have tentatively concluded that there's an off dynamic at work in which, when I use a substitute, my body expects sugar and, when it doesn't find it, turns on an urge for it. I looked at the number of calories I was consuming each day from added sugars and found it wasn't enough to make a big difference.
I can tell the difference between Pepsi and Pepsi Throwback, tastes different. Regular Pepsi with HFCS I drink and drink and drink and never get enough. Pepsi Throwback can take me three days to finish one bottle. My body is looking for the glucose.
The difference also shows up in my blood sugars, my body uses the sugar in Throwback, it stores the HFCS in Regular Pepsi...throws my bloodwork completely off. Cane Sugar or I won't eat/drink it.
The best I've found is Whey Low - it's 100% natural, tastes like sugar, is used as a 1 to 1 replacement, has no harmful ingredients, and can be used successfully in baking. I use it in baking all the time, and it works perfectly. The only downside is it's very expensive.
Sugar Made Healthy! Whey Low Natural Sweetener
I can tell the difference between Pepsi and Pepsi Throwback, tastes different. Regular Pepsi with HFCS I drink and drink and drink and never get enough. Pepsi Throwback can take me three days to finish one bottle. My body is looking for the glucose.
The difference also shows up in my blood sugars, my body uses the sugar in Throwback, it stores the HFCS in Regular Pepsi...throws my bloodwork completely off. Cane Sugar or I won't eat/drink it.