Organic
Date Granules
Granulated dehydrated dates (deglet noor)
A
Delicious Whole Food Sweetener
Ideal for Cooking and Baking.
These dates are dried to a 3-5% moisture level.
With the moisture removed, 90% by weight is
left as carbohydrates, which is predominantly
sucrose. The remainder is composed of fiber,
protein and ash. Unlike refined sugar and sweeteners
where vitamins and minerals are stripped during
refining, the simple drying process maintains
the naturally occurring nutrients found in dates.
Sucrose, the naturally occurring sugar in dates,
is a disaccharide (double sugar), it is composed
of and breaks down into glucose and fructose.
Date Sugar is a whole food sweetener, a perfect
natural alternative to refined sugars.
Organic
Agave Nectar
Agave Nectar
is a delicious golden syrup composed of 90-percent
fructose sugars and 10-percent glucose sugars
respectively. Because fructose is 42 percent
sweeter to the human brain than granulated sugar,
less is needed to achieve the same level of
sweetness. The less used, the fewer the calories
consumed. Natural fructose is also a great deal
easier to digest and use by your body than standard
refined sucrose products or even the so-called
"natural sugars" found in health food
stores. Unlike crystalline fructose sweeteners
which are chemically refined from corn, Agave
Nectar contains no sulfur dioxide, hydrochloric
acid or other harmful toxins.
It also has a low glycemic level and can be
most useful for people who are diabetic, have
insulin resistance (Type II, non-insulin dependant)
or are simply watching their carbohydrate intake.
Due to its slow absorption by the human body,
Agave Nectar works as intelligent caloric food,
since it is absorbed according to the body needs.
The Agave Nectar oligo-organic contents help
the well functioning of gall bladder, helping
to saponification of fats. Its oligo-organic
contents also work against the blocking of arteries
and veins due to high cholesterol levels.
Agave Nectar enhances flavors, keeping the perfect
flavor for a longer period of time.
Agave Nectar has met the "food exchange
requirements" by the American Diabetic
Association and American Dietetic Association
for product labeling.
The benefits that can be derived from using
Agave Nectar as your sweetenerare numerous.
Agave Nectar is safe and recommended for children.
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Spelt Flour:
White spelt flour produces
a flavor and texture similar to what people are used to
white wheat flour.
Margarine:
Earth
Balance® Margarine
Natural Buttery Spread
No Hydrogenated Oil
Non-GMO Ingredients
No Trans-Fatty Acids
All Natural (NO PRESERVATIVES)
No Artificial Flavor
Lactose Free
Gluten Free
100% Vegan
This balanced blend of natural oils is U.S. patented
to help improve the good to bad cholesterol ratio!
We use Earth Balance to give the texture and flavor of
butter in our cookies while maintaining our vegan ingredients.
We use Frontier
Brand natural herbs and spices and flavorings.
Their all-natural and organic spices and
flavorings are carefully selected and monitored
for quality. They use only non-GMO and non-irradiated
spices.
The
extracts and flavorings are based on cooking
oils and natural flavorings. They do not contain
high fructose corn syrups or preservatives.
Table
Salt is stripped of all minerals and generally
has sugar and other chemicals added to prevent
clumping. Since the minerals have been stripped
it can be very harsh on the body to digest.
We use Jade Sand Sea Salt instead
of conventional Sodium Chloride (table salt).
THE SWEETENERS:
Maple
Syrup and granules:
Maple syrup is sweet - and we're not just talking flavor.
Maple syrup, as an excellent source of manganese and a good
source of zinc, can also be sweet for your health.
Sweeten Your Antioxidant Defenses
The trace mineral manganese
is an essential cofactor in a number of enzymes important
in energy production and antioxidant defenses. For example,
the key oxidative enzyme superoxide dismutase, which disarms
free radicals produced within the mitochondria (the energy
production factories within our cells), requires manganese.
One ounce of maple syrup supplies 22.0% of the daily value
for this very important trace mineral.
Be Sweet
to Your Heart with Maple Syrup
Maple syrup is a good
sweetener to use if you are trying to
protect the health of your heart. The
zinc supplied by maple syrup, in addition
to acting as an antioxidant, has other
functions that can decrease the progression
of atherosclerosis. Zinc is needed for
the proper function of endothelial cells
and helps to prevent the endothelial damage
caused by oxidized LDL cholesterol and
other oxidized fats. (The endothelium
is the inner lining of blood vessels.)
Endothelial membranes low in zinc are
much more prone to injury. Additionally,
studies have found that in adults deficient
in manganese, another other trace mineral
amply supplied in maple syrup, the level
of HDL (the "good" cholesterol)
is decreased.
Maple Syrup provides
Zinc
Sweet Support for Your Immune System
Zinc and manganese are
important allies in the immune system. Many types of immune
cells appear to depend upon zinc for optimal function. Particularly
in children, researchers have studied the effects of zinc
deficiency (and zinc supplementation) on their immune response
and their number of white blood cells, including specific
studies on T lymphocytes, macrophages, and B cells (all
types of white blood cells important for immune defenses).
In these studies, zinc deficiency has been shown to compromise
numbers of white blood cell and immune response, while zinc
supplementation has been shown to restore conditions to
normal. In addition to the role played by zinc, the manganese
in maple syrup is important since, as a component of the
antioxidant SOD, it helps lessen inflammation, thus supporting
healing. In addition, manganese may also act as an immuno-stimulant.
Organic Rice Syrup
This grain sweetener is
staple for sweetening commercially packaged products in
the natural foods industry. It offers the benefit of containing
about 50% soluble complex carbohydrates, 45% maltose, and
3% glucose. The glucose is absorbed into the bloodstream
immediately, the maltose takes up to one and a half hours
to be digested, and the complex carbohydrates take from
two to three hours, providing a steady supply of energy.
Slower absorption also allows the body to utilize complex
sugars for energy instead of having to store them as fat
for later use. Because rice syrup has retained its nutritional
"bulk," the sweetener is only about 40 percent
as sweet as white sugar. It provides a delicious mellow
sweetness to baked goods.
Organic
Date Granules
Organic
Agave Nectar 
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