Maple syrups - Import export

Maple syrup is a syrup usually made from the xylem sap of sugar maple, red maple, or black maple trees, although it can also be made from other maple species. In cold climates, these trees store starch in their trunks and roots before winter; the starch is then converted to sugar that rises in the sap in late winter and early spring. Maple trees are tapped by drilling holes into their trunks and collecting the sap, which is processed by heating to evaporate much of the water, leaving the concentrated syrup. Most trees can produce 20 to 60 litres (5 to 15 US gallons) of sap per season

Date sugar is not actually sugar but the product of dried dates that have been ground into fine pieces, date sugar is intensely sweet, with a richness similar to brown sugar. Unlike other sweeteners such as agave, maple syrup, and others, date sugar is not refined and is therefore technically considered a whole food