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Getting it right: Achieving highest quality through accurate density measurement
Accurately measuring the density of finished maple syrup is an important task for commercial syrup producers.
Getting the taste right: Metabolism off-flavor taints maple syrup
Knowing how to detect and avoid metabolic off-flavors is critical to producing high-quality syrup.
Good Agricultural Practices/Good Handling Practices Food Safety Plan for Maple
Template for creating a food safety plan for your sugaring operation.
Grade Blending: A New Calculator to Get Blended Syrup in Grade
The Cornell Maple Program has developed a new, user-friendly tool to calculate how much of each syrup you would need to blend. This calculator will only help sugarmakers using digital light meters that give the percentage of light transmittance (%Tc) through your syrup.
Granulated Maple Sugar Uses and Recipes
Public-facing brochure to be used to promote the use of granulated maple sugar.
Gravity Filtering: Simple tools and techniques for filtering small batches of maple syrup
To ensure that your maple syrup is the best it can be, filtering out contaminants before packing is critical. Using paper and cloth filters to do so is an acceptable and inexpensive option.
Gravity Filtering: Simple tools and techniques for filtering small batches of maple syrup
Many producers use a filter press, which uses a pressure pump to push the syrup through a series of metal plates and frames, separated by single-use pieces of filter paper which capture the particles and result in crystal-clear syrup. For smaller producers, however, using paper and cloth filters and letting gravity pull the syrup through is an acceptable and far less expensive option.
Guidance for Maple Open House Events During COVID-19
Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, many maple producers were forced to cancel open house events during the 2020 sugaring season for the safety of the producers and their customers. This caused a major loss in sales for many maple producers throughout the maple producing region. While COVID-19 is likely to still be a concern for the 2021 sugaring season, we now have a better understanding of the virus and protective measures to keep everyone safe while staying open for business. Those measures and best practices are detailed in this guidance.
Guide to Backyard Maple Sugaring
An illustrated guide to small-scale syrup production.