As a consequence, there have been reports of prohibition-style smuggling and sugar syrups labelled as maple syrup permeating the market. Fingerprinting maple syrup glowAs such, there is a need for the development of more accurate and rapid testing tools to monitor maple syrup fraud. Our research team at the University of Guelph has been developing methods to detect maple syrup fraud. Our study examines the adulteration of dark and amber maple syrups with common maple syrup adulterants, at percentages ranging from one to 50 per cent. These methods don’t work well for maple syrup because the extensive processing required to transform sap into syrup potentially degrades the DNA.

Source: CBC News April 11, 2023 02:26 UTC