What’s so wonderful about our maple syrup?

  • Maple syrup is a wild craft ingredient. It’s simply the sap from a maple tree boiled down. There are absolutely no added sugars.

  • Sap N Tap is sustainably sourced, certified organic by Vermont Organic Farmers / USDA. Our operation is regularly inspected to make sure food grade standards are met.

  • This delicious natural sweetener pairs beautifully with numerous foods. Try it with oatmeal, yoghurt, pancakes and waffles. Use it instead of refined sugar in baked goods. Or, add it to vegetables such as pumpkin and carrots before roasting in the oven.

  • Maple syrup is one of the lowest ranked natural sugars on the glycemic index. 1 tbsp of maple syrup has 40% less sugar (12g) than 1 tbsp of honey (17g)

  • 2 tablespoons contain ~30% of your daily value of manganese and riboflavin. It also contains potassium, calcium and magnesium.

  • Suitable for vegan and gluten-free diets.

How is maple syrup made?

Imagine that a maple tree is like a cylinder of water. The “water” inside that tree is called sap. During the winter in the Northern Hemisphere (December / January / February), the sap inside the tree freezes. As the weather starts to warm up in the Spring, there’s a short time frame (~6 weeks) where the sap thaws during the day time and freezes again at night. A small spout is “tapped” into the maple tree and this thaw / freeze cycle creates sap flow out of the spout (pictured right).

When the sap comes out of the maple tree, it is 98% water and 2% sugar content. The sap is then boiled to increase the sugar concentration. By the time we boil it down to maple syrup, it is 67% sugar content.

Our family-owned forest is on land that has been protected with a conservation easement so that the land won’t be developed. The maple trees are native (naturally occurring) and are 60-100 years old. We use small-diameter spouts to tap the sap, which reduce stress for the trees, and we take great care with the health of the trees that they may flourish for generations to come.