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Agave Allergies

Published Sep,06 2011 | By Assia M. Mortensen

The agave plant is used as a popular sweetener and is also processed to make tequila. There are more than 130 different types of agave that grow throughout the Southwestern United States and Central America. The blue agave plant, or Blue Tequilana Weber, is tapped for the sap, which is called agave nectar.