Agave nectar is about 60 percent fructose, 20 percent glucose, and 20 percent water. This makes it roughly equivalent to high fructose corn syrup in terms of its fructose content, its … See more

When substituting agave nectar for brown sugar, the technique is a bit different. The 3/4 ratio stays the same, meaning you'd use 3/4 cup of agave nectar for each cup of brown suga… See more

Not every recipe uses the same liquid, so there's no hard and fast rule for what ingredient to use less of when trying to get rid of that extra 2 tablespoons. But in general, thi… See more

Another approach to substituting agave nectar for other sweeteners is to swap out only half of the called-for sweetener. In other words, for each cup of sugar, you'd instead us… See more