It contains less natural
sugar than honey.
It's better to use unrefined cane
sugar than honey as honey becomes toxic once heated above 110 degrees.
Because if you look at the ingredient label for honey roasted peanuts, you'll see that sugar is usually listed before honey, which means there's more
sugar than honey.
Just to make it easier for myself I avoid all honey — luckily I love maple syrup — and pure maple syrup contains more vitamins and minerals as well as less
sugar than honey!
Not exact matches
Purer
than white
sugar, sweeter
than brown
sugar, and healthier
than that creepy fake sweetener,
honey takes the cake when it comes to sweetening your food.
Dates have an enormously high
sugar content, and yes, agave is even worse
than honey in terms of fructose content which is probably not what the health food industry would have you believe!
I also reduced the amount of sweetener since
honey is naturally sweeter
than sugar, therefore I didn't need as much.
It has many, many things other
than flours added to it, like yeast, salt,
honey,
sugar, etc..
This amount is somewhat unusual among sweeteners and much greater
than the amount found in a teaspoon of
honey, maple syrup, or brown
sugar.
No, this is not sweeter
than honey nor regular
sugar nor even artificial sweetener.
I haven't tried
honey, Celeste, but I would be cautious because the
sugar crystalline structure is different
than that of maple syrup.
Maple syrup is a healthier sweetener as it is lower of the glycemic index (GI)
than honey,
sugar, or agave nectar.
Veronica — My concern would be that
honey will probably burn at a lower temperature
than granulated
sugar.
Applesauce replaces oil as a binder, while
honey provides more antibacterial benefits
than your average spoonful of
sugar.
In terms of sweetness I'm sorry that it wasn't sweet enough, I feel like they are sweet enough because the bananas add some sweetness and
honey and stevia are supposed to be sweeter
than most
sugars including coconut
sugar.
That's considerably more
than table
sugar, most
honey, and even high - fructose corn syrup.
The nectar has a low GI so is a healthier option
than sugar and would also make a great vegan substitute for
honey.
When baking,
honey has a slightly less
than 1 to 1 ratio, e.g., 1 cup of
sugar equals 3/4 cup
honey.
Brown
sugar is definitely sweeter
than honey and adds a different taste.
Of course, when choosing my sweetener, artificial sweeteners are out, and I no longer use bleached and refined white
sugar, so there was no reason to look for any other sweetener
than the
honey called for in the original recipe that I found.
Coconut
sugar in very low glycemic so it's much better for blood
sugar than traditional
sugar (of course), but even
honey or maple syrup.
Also, after slamming milk, you recommend people use
honey??? Numerous studies have shown
honey to be much more damaging
than milk could ever hope to be, not only is it a
sugar — which, surprise, is acidic in nature — it's partially broken Dow making absorption into the blood stream quicker, which causes hard to control and severe blood
sugar spikes, and contains digestive enzymes from the bees... like cows milk being made for a calf,
honey... is made for bees.
Of course
honey is still better
than table
sugar but even though if you are concerned about too much
sugar in blood, like I am because of insulin resistance, you might want to go even deeper in making changes
I used 1.5 tablespoons of cinnamon (maybe I'll use 1 tablespoon next time) and a little less
than 1/2 cup
honey instead of any
sugar.
Coconut
sugar is a healthy alternative sweetner that has a lower glycemic index
than cane
sugar, agave or
honey.
Do you give your kids
sugar in any form — including
honey, agave nectar (which is actually higher in fructose
than high fructose corn syrup and is incredibly damaging to the body and arteries), or any other «healthy» sweet alternative?
Molasses is not really different
than the other natural sweeteners like maple syrup and
honey — it is still
sugar, but contains natural enzymes and other micronutrients that help make it a healthier alternative.
You may have noticed that I made the Teriyaki sauce with
honey rather
than with unrefined
sugar.
Additionally,
sugar from
honey, maple syrup, or brown rice syrup, is much better
than corn syrup or even cane
sugar.
It is spendy ($ 18 / lb at Vitacost) but I find that as someone who has been mostly
sugar (and
honey / maple syrup / agave / rice syrup etc.) free for 15 + years I can use much less
than recommended amounts because my tastebuds are adapted to less sweetness.
I am pre-diabetic and, although
honey is much better
than sugar, I read that yacon is even better
than honey (lower glycemic index value).
Raw
honey will always be healthier
than pasteurized
honey, but we feel whichever is used, it's going to be healthier
than white
sugar.
It's tricky because
honey is a liquid and bakes differently
than sugar.
I chose to follow The Primal Blueprint style of eating rather
than the full on Paleo Diet because the Primal lifestyle is a bit less restrictive on dairy (raw milk cheeses, greek yogurt, heavy cream) and natural sweeteners (stevia, palm
sugar,
honey).
Or does having a crystallized
sugar (like coconut
sugar) work better
than honey?
As for
honey and dates, I think these are DEFINITELY much better
than processed cane
sugar.
But, I was worried about the baking temp since
honey usually browns faster
than other
sugars at the same temp.
They eat wild nectar and their own
honey (rather
than having their
honey stripped from the hive and fed
sugar syrup and given other chemicals).
These two kinds of agave are sweeter
than honey and
sugar and have no aftertaste.
Agave is 1.4 times sweeter
than either
sugar or
honey, so you use less and save calories without sacrificing sweetness in your foods.
Plus, they contain way less refined
sugars than store bought
honey roasted or other flavoured cashews would.
The
honey bear is the only animal found in nature with tooth - decay problems (
honey decays teeth faster
than table
sugar).
The amount of
sugar in
honey is a little different
than that in maple, so they don't have the same sweetness proportional to the volume.
of pure maple syrup,
honey, coconut
sugar, or brown rice syrup, but remember that this will greatly increase the calories, although they will all work well and are better
than using
sugar.
But it's possible that natural
sugars — including agave nectar, coconut
sugar,
honey and maple syrup — may be more healthful
than other varieties because they tend to be «packaged in their natural form, which contains fibers, vitamins and minerals,» she says.
Applegate's advice: It's better to choose naturally sweetened items that have some nutritional benefit, like fruit or even a little bit of
honey, which is a mite richer in antioxidants
than sugar is.
Agave syrup is sweeter
than sugar and thinner
than honey — but it can also be filled with fructose and calories, so use it sparingly.
I made these cookies with
honey instead of coconut
sugar (which, by the way, is no more or less healthy
than regular brown
sugar).
Plus it's usually lower in
sugar and calories
than honey.
I should specify - I'm particularly interested in
sugar - free baking that uses stevia, applesauce, etc., rather
than agave or
honey, which I use in very small quantities but try to avoid.