PRODUCT DESCRIPTION Wholesome Organic Raw Blue Agave is a 100% pure natural low glycemic sweetener harvested from the core of the Blue Agave plant. Organic Raw Blue Agave is ideal for sweetening beverages like coffee and lemonade, or for topping oatmeal, pancakes, waffles, yogurt, cereal and more. It is also great in smoothies, iced tea, or cocktails as it dissolves quickly in cold beverages. Agave is easy to bake with as well. Try it wherever you would use sugar. Blue Agave has a Low Glycemic Index (GI), so it is slowly absorbed into the body, preventing spikes in blood sugar. It is 1-1/4 times sweeter than sugar, so you can use less to achieve your perfect level of sweetness. Wholesome Organic Blue Agave is now available in recyclable Green Bottles made from up to 30% plant-based resin. These bottles are BPA free and recyclable PET. Fair Trade Certification is Wholesomes guarantee that our farming cooperatives are paid directly for the agave grown. This means that farmers can compete with factory farms, cultivate the quality of their crops, send their kids to school and build thriving communities. Thank you for choosing Wholesome! ABOUT THE BRAND Wholesome Sweeteners brings the very best of nature's sweetness to you and your family every day. Wholesome believes in traditional ways, artisanal products and a very light environmental footprint. After searching the world for the best products, Wholesome has focused on the tropics, where the climate and conditions are just right for growing organic sweeteners. With Fair Trade Certified organic and natural sweeteners from Central and South America and Africa, Wholesome is committed to making the world a sweeter place, one spoonful at a time. Company Overview * Founded in 1995 in Sugar Land, Texas, Wholesome Sweeteners supplies the American market the highest quality natural and organic sweeteners from around the world. * Wholesome Sweeteners pioneered efforts to bring sugar and honey into the Fair Trade movement and was the first to bring Fair Trade Certified sweeteners to American markets. Wholesome Sweeteners now offers a wide range of Fair Trade Certified, organic and natural sweeteners produced by traditional methods from natures best resources. .caption font-family: Verdana, Helvetica neue, Arial, serif font-size: 10px font-weight: bold font-style: italic ul.indent list-style: inside disc text-indent: 20px table.callout font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, serif margin: 10px width: 250 td.callout height: 100 percent background: #9DC4D8 url(https://images-na.ssl-images-/images/G/01/electronics/detail-page/callout-bg.png) repeat-x border-left: 1px solid #999999 border-right: 1px solid #999999 padding: 10px width: 250px ul.callout list-style: inside disc text-indent: -12px font-size: 12px line-height: 1.5em h5.callout text-align: center Fair Trade Certification is a promise that: * Farmers cooperatives are paid directly (no middlemen). * The members receive a fair and reliable set price for their crops. * The cooperative has access to loans and additional premiums for community and business development. * Its trade, not aid. Cooperatives decide how the money is invested the only stipulation is that every member has a vote in how the invesent is made. Social Responsibility The Fair Trade Certified logo represents Wholesome's commient to consumers that a fair premium price is paid to the farmers cooperatives that supply Wholesomes Fair Trade products. Since initiating the Fair Trade Certified program in 2005, Wholesome Sweeteners has paid more than $800,000 directly to Fair Trade cooperative partners in Costa Rica, Malawi, Mexico and Paraguay. Fair Trade means that farmers can send their kids to school, keep their land, develop the quality of their harvest and build thriving communities. Beyond the parameters of Fair Trade Certification, Wholesome selects suppliers based on a demonstrated commient to social responsibility and community outreach. Environmental Responsibility Wholesome Sweeteners' ethos is shaped by a deep concern for the long-term health of the planet and all of its inhabitants. The USDA Organic logo is Wholesome's promise that we hold every product to the highest environmental standard. Each product bearing the USDA Organic logo has been grown and milled to USDA Organic standards, without the aid of synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides or chemicals. Wholesome uses traditional methods: * Fair Trade certification includes a commitment to sustainable agriculture. In recent years, unprecedented acreage has been converted from conventional agriculture to organic cultivation, reducing exposure to pesticides, herbicides and fungicides. * From the seed stock to harvest, our sugar cane is cultivated and harvested by hand and grown without synthetic fertilizers, pesticides or herbicides. * Wholesomes cane fields are never burned. During the harvest, trimmings are allowed to stay where they fall, decomposing naturally, returning nutrients to the soil, helping protect topsoil and ground water and providing habitat for wildlife. * At the small mills in Costa Rica, Malawi and Paraguay, our sweeteners are made simply and the spent sugar cane, called bagasse, is often recycled as fuel to generate electricity for the mill and nearby villages. * Deep in Southern Mexicos jungles, honeybees browse on lush wildflowers without exposure to antibiotics or chemicals.