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Colour, flavour descriptors added to labels for 'pure' maple sugar products

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 16 Dec, 2014 11:40 AM

    OTTAWA — Watch out, mock maple syrup makers: it's about to get a lot harder to pass off a knockoff as the bona-fide Canadian breakfast-table staple.

    After nearly a decade of talks among governments, food regulators and the industry, new rules are being adopted across North America to ensure consumers have a better idea of what kind of maple syrup they're buying.

    The changes, which will come into effect over the next two years, will harmonize the grading system for maple syrup produced in Canada and the United States.

    The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is also adopting a new system for classing pure maple syrup by colour.

    And labels will include new "flavour descriptors" so consumers can get a better idea of how the various shades of syrup are likely to vary in taste.

    Sen. Nancy Greene Raine says the new regulations will also help marketers of pure maple products crack down on fraudsters who sell maple syrup that is often little more than flavoured sugar water.

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