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  • highwolf
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    Maple syrup is one of the most delicious sweeteners you can use in coffee, but it is inconspicuous and not very common compared to other ingredients.

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  • SnidelyWhiplash
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    I toured Canada playing Broomball in 91 and when we visited maple farm in MT Laurier, I organised a barrel of pure farm syrup back to Australia. I made an absolute fortune selling it off to Canuck expats and maple lovers. Recently I have experimented with adding it to my roasted beans with mixed results so far.

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  • amberale
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    I snuck off the farm today to pick up some much needed supplies.
    It gave me a chance to double check the Maple Syrup supply.
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  • Andy
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    You want to fill the bath Brett?

  • Lyrebird
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    I think your information is out of date. Canada introduced new food laws in Feb 2019, as far as I can see the new regulations don't contain the various stipulations you list.

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    Pic ripped from Costco Canada website.

    Apart from bilingual labelling it appears to be the same package.

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  • fatboy_1999
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    I didn't see the same bottle on the Canada costco site, but I did see the 25kg drum
    https://www.costco.ca/bernard-canada...100075494.html
    Now I want one!

  • Lyrebird
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    OK a bit of googling and the Costco syrup sold in Canada and Australia is produced for them by The Maple Treat Corporation of Quebec.

  • Lyrebird
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    Except that Costco sell what looks to be the same syrup in Canada.

  • fatboy_1999
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    I'd guess that this comes over in huge drums and gets bottled here.
    I recall the first few times we bought this from Costco in AU, the qty was a whole number in fluid oz and therefore a messy looking metric. EG: 35 fl oz = 1.035 L. Now it's the other way around.

  • Lyrebird
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    Quote Canadian Label regulation:

    The name declared on the label of prepackaged food identifies the person by whom or for whom the food was manufactured, prepared, produced, stored, packaged or labelled. The name must be complete and accurate enough to enable someone to get in touch with the person (definition) who operates the company..

    In this case that would be Costco.

  • Javaphile
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    Originally posted by Lyrebird View Post
    All of the required information present and correct, sir.
    Based on your comment here:
    Originally posted by Lyrebird View Post
    Costco have an organic Canadian maple syrup in 1 litre jugs, I can't remember the exact price but it's a bit cheaper per unit volume than the Queen brand...

    ...We decant it into 4 x 250ml bottles since it takes us a long time to get through a litre.
    I'm assuming you're talking about this product.

    If you are referring to a different product please feel free to provide a link to it.

    From what I can see from the images of the label on their site that 1L bottle of Costco's organic maple syrup does not in fact meet all of the Canadian packaging/labeling requirements. While it does include "Grade A Amber Color" the label on the bottle does *not* include the all important additional required components. "It must also be labeled with the lot number/production code and either the name and address of the tree growing establishment, packing or shipping establishment or the first dealer and the registration number of the packing company." Ergo that bottle of syrup was NOT packaged in Canada as all of the information required by Canadian law is NOT present.


    Java "Details matter" phile

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  • fatboy_1999
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    I think people are always interested in different ways to sweeten things. I am also a beekeeper and discussions on sugar vs honey also elicit a lot of this kind of chat.
    I certainly have a sweet tooth, but managed to wean myself off sweetening my coffee about 15 years ago.
    Love a waffle with some maple syrup though!

  • fatboy_1999
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    We had a maple leaf shaped bottle for a while and I would wash/refill but I found that the points of the leaf were stubborn places to clean and seemed to promote fungus growth quicker than normal.
    Love the look, but the practicality was not there for us.
    Still think I have the empty bottle saved somewhere.

  • Lyrebird
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    Custom bottles are surprisingly cheap if you buy enough of them. Obviously ths depends on the bottle but for wine and beer bottles it used to be about a 20% margin at around 100,000 bottles and fell to zero when you get to the tens of millions because the packaging companies fight to hold on to such customers.

    We used to have Friday night knock off drinks at the brewery in WA, suppliers and reps included. One Friday I was chatting to a fellow I didn't know so I asked him who he was. He replied "Oh, I'm from Visy". This was true, he was Dick Pratt.
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