Blackstrap Molasses

Sweet foods might be tasty, but consuming too much-refined sugar can have detrimental long-term effects on one's health. Fortunately, there are a number of sugar substitutes that include crucial nutrients that regular sugar lacks. Along with its rich, tasty flavor, blackstrap molasses in particular has a number of health advantages.

The sweetener blackstrap molasses packs a nutrient punch. It is made with sugar cane that has undergone three boils. It has more vitamins and minerals than sugar, including 179 mg of calcium per tablespoon, or 18% of the RDI (15 ml). Blackstrap molasses contains sufficient nutrients to meet about 5–15% of your daily needs for iron, selenium, vitamin B6, magnesium, and manganese in just 1 tablespoon (15 ml). Despite this, blackstrap molasses still contains a lot of sugar and should only be consumed in moderation.