date:Mar 20, 2014
side effects, like headaches. One slight downside, however, is that agavins are not quite as sweet as their artificial counterparts, Lpez said.
Of course, the agaves claim to fame is as the plant from which tequila is made. Lpez explained that agavins are the only carbohydrates used to produce the drink. All ethanol in tequila comes from the fermentation of glucose and fructose generated after agave pines are cooked. But because the agavins are converted to ethanol, agavins are not found in th