Maple Syrup

Maple Syrup Products

100% Pure Vermont Maple Syrup – Jug Amber
Our pure maple syrup is available in glass or plastic containers. The darker the color of the syrup, the heartier the maple...
$7.95 – $36.95 Select options
The Vendor:Viking Farms - Guilford, VT
100% Pure Vermont Maple Syrup – Jug Gold
Our pure maple syrup is available in glass or plastic containers. The darker the color of the syrup, the heartier the maple...
$7.95 – $36.95 Select options
The Vendor:Viking Farms - Guilford, VT
100% Pure Vermont Maple Syrup – Jug Robust
Our pure maple syrup is available in glass or plastic containers. The darker the color of the syrup, the heartier the maple...
$7.95 – $36.95 Select options
The Vendor:Viking Farms - Guilford, VT
100% Pure Vermont Maple Syrup – Glass Bottle
Our pure maple syrup is available in glass or plastic containers. The darker the color of the syrup, the heartier the maple...
$8.99 – $12.99 Select options
The Vendor:Viking Farms - Guilford, VT
100% Pure Vermont Maple Syrup – Leaf
Our pure maple syrup is available in glass or plastic containers. The darker the color of the syrup, the heartier the maple...
$5.99 – $13.99 Select options
The Vendor:Viking Farms - Guilford, VT

Facts

Your favorite breakfast sweetener has a pretty rich story. Found at farm stands and in grocery aisles alike, the discovery of this amber-hued syrup traces at least as far back as the 1600s, when indigenous populations in the Northeast began boiling maple sap into sugar.

Today it’s drizzled on top of your favorite pancakes and is used as a natural sweetener in baking and cooking. Read on for more fascinating facts about this sweet stuff. The US’s top maple syrup-producing region is Vermont with 890,000 gallons, followed by New York and Maine.

It’s the secret ingredient in a master cleanse.

Celebrities attribute maple syrup to their weight loss and detox regime, which consist of consuming only maple syrup, lemon juice, cayenne pepper and water for 10 days straight. Hard not to think it would all taste better with waffles, no?

Grade matters.

Operating under a grading system, maple syrups are categorized as either A or B and graded from light to dark (and a B syrup is darker in color than an A syrup). Darker syrup tends to have a stronger flavor.

Maple syrup has its season.

Maple trees are tapped for their syrup between late February and the height of spring, in early April. Warmer-than-average winters cause worry among syrup farmers because once the trees start to bud, the quality of the sap takes a nosedive. But tapping too early means you’ve used your only chance.

You’ll never believe how much sap is in a bottle!

Forty gallons of maple sap translates to a gallon of maple syrup—what you’re likely to buy from a local producer at a farmers market or regional grocer. In order to make the dense, sweet syrup you’d find at the store, the sap needs to be boiled down in a sugar shack. Most of the liquid is evaporated in this process.

Only a few types of maple trees produce sap.

While 13 species of maple trees thrive in the U.S., not every variety is tapped for syrup. The list includes sugar maple, black maple, and red maple. But maple trees aren’t only used for syrup. Next time you spot a bowling pin or pick up a baseball bat, check to see if it’s made of maple. Chances are, it is.

Healthier than sugar? You bet.

Compared to white sugar and high-fructose corn syrup, maple syrup is the healthier choice because it has higher levels of nutrients and antioxidants. However, this does not give a license to view syrup as vitamins and drizzle it on every square inch of your pancakes. Each tablespoon equals 52 calories.

Maple Syrup Products

100% Pure Vermont Maple Syrup – Jug Amber

100% Pure Vermont Maple Syrup – Jug Gold

100% Pure Vermont Maple Syrup – Jug Robust

100% Pure Vermont Maple Syrup – Glass Bottle

100% Pure Vermont Maple Syrup – Leaf