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Giffard Orgeat Syrup
Sugar syrup made from sugar beet, flavoured with almond extracts (prunus amygdalus varietal) and thickened with gum arabic (E414). Alcohol free and without...
George Curtis
14th July 2021 at 22:39
Is this stuff equivalent in sweetness to 1:1 or 2:1 homemade orgeat? I'm unsure how much to use in recipes that call for this stuff.
15th July 2021 at 07:23
This is close to 2:1 strength - as is the case with most commercially produced sugar syrups.