Some Quebec grocery stores are inviting customers to return their unopened cans of maple syrup following an investigation published earlier this week by Radio-Canada's Enquête program. Through lab tests, the program found cans sold by Montérégie maple syrup producer Steve Bourdeau were cut with at least 50 per cent cane sugar, despite being labelled as pure maple syrup. WATCH | Radio-Canada reveals maple syrup cans contain cane sugar: Fake maple syrup sold in Quebec stores contained cane sugar, Radio-Canada investigation finds | Duration 3:20 Radio-Canada’s Enquête team started an investigation after one of its journalists noticed maple syrup purchased at the grocery store had a strange taste. Goulet added he hopes grocery stores will give it a second thought before calling up Bourdeau's company as a supplier. The maple syrup producer has since committed to carrying out an investigation of his own to determine the source of the falsified syrup and fix the issue.

Source: CBC News April 04, 2026 04:46 UTC