in baking and as a sweetener or flavouring agent.

Sources

Three species of maple (''Acer'') trees are the main sources of maple syrup: the sugar maple (A. saccharum), the black maple (A. nigrum), and the red maple (A. rubrum), because their sap has a high sugar content, two to five per cent. The black maple is included as a subspecies or variety

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