The Sweeteners Nutrition Guide
Agave syrup
GI(Glucose = 100)
Primary · 15 GI
Atkinson et al., International tables of glycemic index (Diabetes Care) (2008)
Energy(kcal/100g)
Primary · 310 kcal/100g
USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy — Sweetener, syrup, agave (NDB 19912 / FDC 170277) (2018)
Carbs(g/100g)
Primary · 76.4 g/100g
USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy — Sweetener, syrup, agave (NDB 19912 / FDC 170277) (2018)
Sugars(g/100g)
Primary · 68 g/100g
USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy — Sweetener, syrup, agave (NDB 19912 / FDC 170277) (2018)
Functional benefits
No cited minerals or other functional notes on file yet.
Cited minerals can add up to +2 on Everyday Health — see Methods.
Risks & side effects
High fructose load
caution
Hepatic / free-sugars framing (WHO). Low GI is not a hepatic free pass. Composition and use-level matter. Not a treatment claim.
WHO — Guideline: sugars intake for adults and children (2015)
Faster AGE formation (in vitro)
caution
High fructose share → same in-vitro fructation concern as crystalline fructose. Not a blood-AGE certainty claim. Display risk; Everyday −0.30 already applies — no extra penalty.
Aragno & Mastrocola — Dietary sugars and endogenous AGE formation (Nutrients) (2017)
Not medical advice. Published recipe penalties (if any) are on Methods — not a clinical severity scale.
Notes
Low GI measures blood-glucose rise after a load — not liver fructose handling or glycation chemistry. Pure fructose and high-fructose syrups can still sit under free-sugars / hepatic-load framing, and in-vitro fructation runs faster than glucation, even when the GI cell looks green.
Editorial table note. Not a diagnosis or treatment claim. Everyday recipe applies a published high-fructose penalty (−0.30).
WHO — Guideline: sugars intake for adults and children (2015)
Notes explain what the open axis or risk labels alone can miss — not medical advice.
Empty cells mean we do not yet have a method-cited source. Rank on the guide tables is the open-rule champion — not medical advice.