Question: are agave nectar and syrup the same?
Answer: Lighter and darker varieties of agave nectar are made from the same plants. ... Then there is, of course, agave syrup, an entirely different ball game. Agave syrup is, shall we say, “modified” no differently than is corn syrup, the end result is HFCS—high fructose corn syrup. HFCS, like agave syrup is anything but natural.