Question
Yolanda Lord
I just learned in this course that maple syrup is not the same as Pure Maple Syrup and pure is the one recommended. How many "g" of sugar is recommended per 2 tbsp serving size? Is a total sugars of 24g too high?
Answer
Let me respond to the first statement about maple syrup versus pure maple syrup by saying that really what we have here is maple syrup, right? Being the real thing. And then we have artificial maple syrups, which are basic, basically, uh, sugar syrups with some caramel coloring added, and then some flavoring. And the flavorings come from different sources, but, uh, one is fenugreek, fenugreek seeds, uh, which is a spice, a common spice, but it has a mapley sort of a flavor to it. And so, um, often when a company makes, you know, I imitation maple syrup, they'll use Fenig Greek as a flavoring, but I'm sure there are also organic compounds that might be used to replicate that flavor as well. So in nor, you know, because the price is so different and there is, um, you really a desire by the, the maple syrup industry, meaning those that actually tap the trees, uh, to bring focus back, right to their real product, their authentic, their pure maple syrup that some companies started, uh, emphasizing, uh, the, the natural product by calling it pure maple syrup. Okay? So I want to hopefully put out a little bit of clarification around how these terms are used or how you might think about these terms that you see on labels. Okay? It's really maple syrup, which is the real thing sometimes called pure maple syrup to further, um, highlight, uh, its natural, uh, state versus the imitation product. And, you know, regarding sugar content, um, you know, I've seen maple syrups, uh, labels recommend, uh, or, um, state, I should say, at two tablespoon serving size, and it is pretty common to have 24 grams of sugar or thereabouts associated with that two tablespoon serving size. So I don't think that's too high. I think that's pretty typical for a real or pure maple syrup.
