maplesyrup

Bill Proposed To Felonize Selling Fake Maple Syrup As Real

By Ben Popken on October 25, 2011 5:00 PM 166 Comments

In order to tamp the scourge of artificial maple syrup being sold as the real deal, New York Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Charles Schumer are sponsoring a bill that would make it a felony. More »

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Vermonters To Get Actual Maple Syrup On Their McDonald's Oatmeal

By Chris Morran on January 24, 2011 11:30 AM 55 Comments

A couple weeks back we wrote about the state of Vermont's allegations that McDonald's Fruit and Maple Oatmeal violates state law for lacking actual maple syrup. Now the fast food chain and the Green Mountain State have reached an accord that will give the folks of Vermont the option of getting the real-deal syrup if they so desire. More »

not lovin' it

Vermont Has Problem With Lack Of Maple In McDonald's Maple Oatmeal

By Chris Morran on January 12, 2011 3:20 PM 97 Comments

Many of us are fully aware that a lot of food products that say "maple" rarely contain even a drop of real maple syrup. Such is the case with McDonald's new Fruit & Maple Oatmeal. But the people of Vermont take their maple seriously and they're demanding that McDonald's make changes to the product or its labeling. More »

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Bacon, Hot Dogs, French Fries, Cheese, Gravy, French Toast And Maple Syrup Combine In 'Angry French Canadian'

By Chris Morran on November 5, 2010 3:45 PM 47 Comments

A couple days ago, we asked you to describe the best sandwich ever, but little did we know that the same guys behind the world's worst pizza had already been working on something they call the Angry French Canadian. More »

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Cracker Barrel Maple Syrup Struck By Shrink Ray And Sugar Ray

By Laura Northrup on November 22, 2009 2:00 PM 144 Comments

—>Reader Kimaroo noticed that something was amiss with the with the single-serve bottle of maple syrup she receives with her French toast at Cracker Barrel. Not only did it seem smaller, she could have sworn that the bottle used to contain 100% maple syrup instead of "100% Pure Natural Syrup." Fortunately, she had another bottle from a different Cracker Barrel visit stashed at home, and was able to compare the ingredients. Indeed, her maple syrup had been hit by the Grocery Sugar Ray: nearly half of its mapley goodness has been replaced with cane syrup. More »

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New Rules Require Vermont Maple Syrup Actually be from Vermont

By consumerist.com on February 14, 2006 3:41 PM 18 Comments

—> Vermont announced new regulations Monday to dictate stricter rules for labeling maple syrup. Sometimes Vermont tree gold is more "Vermont" than not. More »