Sweeteners & Honey
Whatever sweet means in your kitchen, this aisle covers it. On one side sit the traditional choices — honey from Canadian producers, pure maple syrup and unrefined coconut sugar. On the other, the modern zero-calorie options: stevia in drops and packets, monkfruit granules that measure like sugar, and erythritol for baking. In between, no-added-sugar syrups for pancakes and honey lozenges for the winter coat pocket. Browse the sub-categories or start with the highlights below.
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Traditional sweeteners have their own shelves here. Honey ranges from everyday jars to specialty pours like honey blended with cocoa, along with gift sets when you need one. Pure maple syrup comes in amber and very dark grades — the darker, the bolder — and organic coconut sugar brings a caramel note to baking wherever brown sugar would go. These are single-ingredient staples, and the labels stay short.
The sugar-substitute wall is where shoppers cutting back on sugar do most of their browsing. Stevia comes as liquid drops — original, flavoured or alcohol-free glycerite — plus packets for the purse or desk. Monkfruit sweetener granules blend with erythritol to spoon and measure like ordinary sugar, which makes converting a recipe painless, and straight erythritol granules behave well in baking. Zero-calorie claims come straight from each maker's label.
Choosing usually comes down to the job. For a cup of tea, liquid drops or a packet are simplest; for baking, a granulated option keeps the recipe's structure intact; for pancakes, both pure maple and the no-added-sugar syrups have loyal followings. And if you're hunting for something specific — a manuka honey, a particular stevia flavour — selection rotates through the year, so it's worth asking the Greenbrook team what's currently on the shelf.
