Maple syrup is primarily composed of a mixture of sugars, water, and minerals. In addition to these three components maple syrup will contain small amounts of various other organic compounds such as organic acids, amino acids, proteins, phenol compounds and even a few vitamins. Variation in the levels of these various components gives maple syrup the broad spectrum of flavors experienced with syrup from different producers and from different sap runs at the same location.
Does it mean it is 67% by weight or content pure maple sugar when boiled down to a finished product? (without having anything added?)
I think people would appreciate having a label that says "Maple syrup with added sugar or corn syrup" or something like that if they actually did add those things, but it sounds the label has to go on every product.
I got the impression it was being done almost more for a dietary reason (YOU MUST HAVE LESS SUGAR) rather than a manufacturing reason (corn syrup and water were added to stretch the basic component of maple syrup)
From the article:
"...To address industry concerns, the FDA has suggested that producers could use a symbol after the added sugars daily value directing consumers to elsewhere on the label where they could say these sugars occur naturally.
FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb said he has made nutrition one of his top priorities, and the Nutrition Facts label hasn’t been meaningfully updated in decades.
“We’ve made it our goal to increase consumer awareness of the quantity of added sugars in food products consistent with recent dietary guideline recommendations,” he said in a statement released in March. “The new label also contains the new daily value for added sugars, so consumers can better understand how foods with added sugars can fit into a healthy dietary pattern..."
It sounds like the FDA wants to force ALL manufacturers to put a "warning" on the product, but if your product is "pure" and "unadulterated", maybe you can put ANOTHER thing on your product "...directing consumers to elsewhere on the label where they could say these sugars occur naturally..."
Good God. Is it me? Why don't they just require producers to ADD a notice if they adulterate their product with ANYTHING, and let others say "100% Pure" honey, maple syrup, or whatever?
Does this seem like a typical Kafkaesque implementation of what doesn't seem like a bad idea...to just tell people if it is pure or adulterated?