• @SethranKada@lemmy.ca
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    85 months ago

    Only the expensive luxury stuff. The kind sold in tourist traps. Most maple syrup sold in stores is flavored corn syrup, which keeps the price down.

    • @WR5@lemmy.world
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      335 months ago

      I think at that point it’s called “corn syrup” or just “syrup”. Maple syrup is still made from maple.

      • At least in the US, most “maple syrup” is literally maple flavored corn syrup or sometimes a blend but is just called Maple Syrup on the front of the bottle. Sometimes it’s called “pancake syrup” for legal reasons

        • @Bertuccio@lemmy.world
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          5 months ago

          No idea why you’ve got any downvotes.

          This is very true. You have to search for actual maple syrup in the US.

          EDIT: Yeah. I know how to find actual maple syrup, folks. There was a time long ago when products actually looked like what you were buying and weren’t all imitation crap. There was no such thing as corn-syrup labeled “breakfast syrup” or “maple-flavored syrup” or “Real syrup” in giant bold text and “with maple flavor” in tiny font somewhere distant.

          Stop defending deceptive product labeling.

          • Ben Hur Horse Race
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            195 months ago

            he’s getting downvoted cause what he said isn’t true.

            If it says Maple Syrup, it is. From wikipedia: In the United States, a syrup must be made almost entirely from maple sap to be labelled as “maple”, though states such as Vermont and New York have more restrictive definitions.

            your guy is calling corn syrup stuff maple syrup when all you gotta do is look at the dang label

          • @Classy@sh.itjust.works
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            95 months ago

            I literally have never had a hard time finding real maple syrup unless I’m in a gas station or something.

            Maybe it’s because I’m in the Midwest and sugar maple is absolutely everywhere, but it’s very, very easy to find real maple. Yes it’s more expensive, and absolutely yes it tastes far better.

            Maple syrup to “pancake syrup” is like real butter to hydrogenated palm oil. My mother uses the Blue Bonnet margarine, and I used to use it growing up. As an adult I’ve only used real stick butter and god, going back home sometimes for dinner can really suck. Margarine is so chemical-tasting, how the hell do people butter their toast with it?

            • @Duamerthrax@lemmy.world
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              45 months ago

              NJ here. No problem finding it. You can even get Maple Syrup made in the state if you really want. There are people near me who do it as a hobby.

          • @Duamerthrax@lemmy.world
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            55 months ago

            You have to search for the word 'maple". If it just says Syrup, it’s made from corn syrup. This is true everywhere.

      • @elephantium@lemmy.world
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        55 months ago

        I think this might be a Kleenix vs. tissues type thing for some people. All syrup gets called “maple syrup” regardless of provenance? Then “real maple syrup” vs. “the fake stuff” makes a bit more sense.

        Damn, now I want pancakes…

    • @elephantium@lemmy.world
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      105 months ago

      Hmm. I just went to Target’s website and searched “maple syrup” – even though they have a notoriously bad search, the first row of products were actual maple syrup. The second row had a mix between “pancake syrup” and actual “maple syrup”

      OTOH, searching “pancake syrup” was the opposite – 5 corn syrups before any actual maple syrups.

    • @OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca
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      65 months ago

      “Maple syrup” is a legally protected name, the same way “butter”, “ice cream”, and “chocolate” are. There are legal requirements for their contents in order for you to call it that on the label. That’s why you see descriptions like “chocolatey” or “buttery” on cheaper products.

          • Fonzie!
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            15 months ago

            I’m asking because laws, especially about food, differ a lot from country to country. It’s not a protected term in my country (NL), and I’m sure it isn’t in most countries outside the anglosphere. Heck, sometimes the same foodstuff can be legally protected with completely different requirements, “pindakaas” (peanutbutter) is allowed to contain a boatload of palm fat but hardly any sugar in the Netherlands, it’s the opposite in the US.

    • credit crazy
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      35 months ago

      In my experience unless you’re in Vermont that is quite true but yeah in Vermont just about everyone makes their own maple syrup if I recall correctly we I believe banned corn syrup maple syrup because everyone here takes maple syrup very seriously