Assertion: carob | /r/ObjectUse | used as natural sweetner
Facets:
value: widely
type: DEGREE
value: before the introduction of refined sucrose
type: TEMPORAL
value: because of its sugars
type: CAUSE
Source sentences:
text: Carob can also be used as a natural sweetner (quite often seen in Crete) and is considered to be very high in calcium (three times more than milk!)
text: The pods of the hardy plant often nourished people during periods of starvation or warfare ... and carob was widely used as a natural sweetener—because of its sugars—before the introduction of refined sucrose.