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• n  a thick sweet sticky liquid

• When you think of maple syrup, whose 2009 season is just now wrapping up, the first image that pops into your mind is probably a huge tree trunk with a few metal buckets strapped .
• The company acknowledged using corn syrup for the past five years.
• A new ad campaign by the Corn Refiners Association claims that high-fructose corn syrup is not as fattening as you think.

• sirup

News & Articles

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• High Fructose Corn Syrup Blamed in Suit for Diabetes
  An apparently novel claim alleges that high-fructose corn syrup is to blame for a dramatic increase in Type 2 diabetes.
  June 19, 2013 - Law.com
• NY maple syrup rebounds 59 percent after slow 2012
  New York's maple syrup production surged this year, thanks to better weather for the sweet crop. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says production was up 59 percent, from 360,000 to 574,000 gallons. Sap ...
  June 18, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
• Maple-syrup production rises 59 percent in New York
  New York maple-syrup production jumped 59 percent in this year’s season, compared to the weather-affected 2012 season. Maple-syrup production in the Empire State was estimated at 574,000 gallons in 2013, up from the 360,000 gallons produced last year, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, New York field office.
  June 17, 2013 - Central New York Business Journal

Quotes

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• Michael Bloomberg in Reuters
  Given the evidence, I think it's safe to say that the 'Great Maple Syrup Mystery' has finally been solved,Bloomberg said.
• Michael Jacobson in Channel News Asia
  What was once a rare treat in a small serving is now served up morning, noon and night, virtually everywhere Americans happen to be,said Michael Jacobson, CSPI's executive director. "How did a solution of high-fructose corn syrup, water...
• Walter Willett in New York Times
  There's no substantial evidence to support the idea that high-fructose corn syrup is somehow responsible for obesity,said Dr. Walter Willett, the chairman of the nutrition department of the Harvard School of Public Health and a prominent...