Maple Flavoured Syrup | Chelsea Sugar (2024)

FAQs

Is the sugar in maple syrup considered added sugar? ›

While maple syrup is a natural sweetener, it's not a naturally occurring sugar found in food. Therefore, it falls under the category of added sugars. Fructose is sugar found in fruit, while lactose is sugar found in dairy products.

Maple Syrup Crystals

Hot water can help with that. You can resolve the crystallization issue by re-boiling the maple syrup and adding some water to bring the sugar content back to the correct range.

Maple syrup can be used to replace other sugars that a person with diabetes adds to food, while respecting their meal plan.

First of all, there's a spoon test. If you are boiling maple sap and wondering if it's close to becoming syrup, dip a spoon into the boiling sap and watch the sap (or syrup) drip back into the pan. If the sap still needs to boil more, the sap will fall off the spoon in separate droplets.

Replacing refined sugar with pure, quality maple syrup is likely to yield a net health benefit, but adding it to your diet will just make things worse. Maple syrup is a less bad version of sugar, much like coconut sugar. It cannot objectively be labeled healthy.

Both offer benefits in the form of either vitamins or minerals, and both offer protective antioxidant activity. Putting taste aside, as the two have different flavors — honey is more floral while maple syrup is more woodsy — maple syrup tends to be the slightly healthier choice, but we enjoy both throughout the year.

Maple syrup is a better choice than honey for people who have diabetes or blood sugar problems, for example. This happens because maple syrup has a lower glycemic index than honey. If you have certain diseases like inflammatory bowel, maple syrup can be helpful.

So, while sugar is a potent inflammatory, there are at least some things in maple syrup that are potent anti-inflammatories (Quebecol and antioxidants).

What grade maple syrup is healthiest? Whether it's for use in a master cleanse or as a topping for your pancakes, Grade A Dark will be better for you. It has more antioxidants and mineral content than the lighter colors.

How do you measure sugar in maple syrup? ›

A hydrometer measures the density of the maple syrup. The denser maple syrup is, the more sugar it contains. The sugar percentage of the liquid is measured in degrees Brix, where one degree Brix equals 1% sugar content. The standard density for maple syrup is 66.9 Brix.

Added sugars include sugars that are added during the processing of foods (such as sucrose or dextrose), foods packaged as sweeteners (such as table sugar), sugars from syrups and honey, and sugars from concentrated fruit or vegetable juices.

In moderation, pure maple syrup is a better option than pancake syrups filled with high fructose corn syrup. It contains antioxidants and a lower glycemic index, which may be better for blood sugar control. Agave nectar is sweeter than sugar, so you can use less to achieve the desired sweetness.

No matter if it is light and delicate or dark and robust, 100% pure maple syrup is the healthy all-natural choice.

Honey labels may soon be subject to a significant change. Natural sugar foods such as honey and maple syrup, under the new proposed U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) nutrition labelling, may need to add the words “added sugar” to their honey nutrient label.