Maple Syrup Nutrition
The health value of maple syrup has become known world wide. Concentrating
30 to 40 litres of sap into 1 litre of pure maple syrup results in
a sweetener loaded with nutrients and has fewer calories by volume
than other "natural" or processed sugar and syrups and the
flavour is real, not man-made.
Organic
Composition of Maple Syrup
|
Carbohydrates |
Calories |
Organic Acids |
Amino Acids |
Vitamins |
Minerals
Sucrose |
88-99 % |
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Hexoses |
0-11 % |
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Other sugars |
Trace |
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|
252/100g |
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Corn Syrup |
|
295/100g |
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Honey |
|
304/100g |
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Molasses |
|
252/100g |
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Malic |
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|
0.141 % |
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Citric |
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|
0.015 % |
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Succinic |
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|
0.012 % |
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Primary Amines |
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Trace |
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Phenolic Compounds |
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Trace |
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Niacin |
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|
276mg/L |
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Pantothenic Acid (B5) |
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|
600mg/L |
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Riboflavin (B2) |
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|
60mg/L |
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Folic Acid |
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Trace |
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Pyridoxie |
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Trace |
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Biotin |
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Trace |
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A |
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Trace |
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Potassium - K |
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1300 - 3900 ppm |
Calcium - Ca |
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400 - 2800 ppm |
Magnesium - Mg |
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12 - 360 ppm |
Sodium - Na |
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0 - 6 ppm |
Phosporus - P |
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79 - 183 ppm |
Iron - Fe |
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0 - 36 ppm |
Zinc - Zn
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0 - 90 ppm |
Copper - Cu |
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|
0 - 2 ppm |
Tin - Sn |
0 - 33 ppm |
Source: Morselli, M.F. 1975. Nutritional Value of Pure Maple Syrup. Maple Syrup Digest
We
are registered with the FDA to ship maple products to the United States
MAPLE
SYRUP A CANCER FIGHTER, SAYS SAULT RESEARCHER 03/24/08
From
The Sault Star
Tasty,
and good for you!
Mamdouh
Abou-Zaid, a research scientist at the Great Lakes Forestry Centre
in Sault Ste. Marie was cited as leading a group that discovered
antioxidant properties in maple syrup, adding, "I think people
underestimate the benefits of maple syrup."
The
story says that over the course of approximately five years, Abou-Zaid
et al collected samples of four different grades of syrup produced
by three producers on St. Joseph Island east of the Sault, and embarked
on the lengthy process of breaking down the samples down into their
molecular compounds.
They
found 24 compounds with proven capability to slow or prevent oxidation
in the body, in which oxygen over the years damages cells and leads
to the likes of cancer, stroke and heart and neurodegenerative disease.
Although the
high natural sugar content of maple syrup has its drawbacks, the
antioxidant properties of syrup "may aid in overcoming any
negative effects of the high sugar content of the syrup."
Their findings were published recently in the scientific journal
Pharmaceutical Biology.
