I couldn't
find yacon in any of my local health stores, so I used organic molasses and some honey in place of agave.
Not exact matches
After a little searching, I
found a few good sources who said the dark agave syrup was pretty much the equal to
yacon syrup.
He investigated inclusion of probiotics — live microorganisms
found in fermented foods such as yogurt — but settled for prebiotics, which are non-digestible soluble fibers and are
found in soybeans, inulin sources (such as Jerusalem artichoke, jicama and chicory root), raw oats, unrefined wheat, unrefined barley and
yacon.
Derived from the
yacon plant that is
found in South America,
yacon syrup has a consistency that is very similar to molasses.
My second concern is that over the many years that I've been low - carbing on and off many sweeteners have become darlings and then were
found to not live up to their promise - for example, agave, brown rice syrup, and
yacon syrup.
Yacon tubers are usually ground and can often be
found as a raw, pure powder, which can be used as a sugar substitute for cakes, cookies, and other baked goods.
He handles all the technical aspects Here is where I get the sweeteners: 1) Erythritol from Amazon.co.uk: Amazon link (best value for money I
found) 2) Stevia lasts for long and I get it either from www.amazon.co.uk (Amazon link) or http://www.healthysupplies.co.uk (also for fruit powder) 3) Monk fruit powder from here: http://www.healthmonthly.co.uk 4)
Yacon products from here: http://www.gojiking.co.uk/shop/ 5) Xylitol from Tesco or Sainsbury's 6) Tagatose and Just Like Sugar are from the US and I had to pay extra for that but wanted to try them.