Coconut sugar "toddy" was reduced. Although its use has become more common in developed countries, where it may be perceived as a natural sweetener, there is no scientific evidence that coconut sugar is more nutritious or healthier than any other sweetener. The nutritive value is similar to the empty calories found in table sugar or brown sugar. The major component of coconut sugar is sucrose (70–79%), glucose, and fructose (3–9% each). The glycemic index (GI) of coconut sugar was reported by the Philippine Coconut Authority to be 35 and by that measure is classified as a low glycemic index food. However, the
Proper name (philosophy) of meaning would make the referent of a name dependent on the knowledge that the person saying the name has about the referent. In 1973, Tyler Burge proposed a metalinguistic descriptivist theory of proper names which holds that names have the meaning that corresponds to the description of the individual entities to whom the name is applied. This however opens up for the possibility that names are not proper, when for example more than one person shares the same name. This leads Burge to argue that plural usages of names, such as "all the Alfreds I know have red hair",