Maple syrup
<p>Oct 15, 2011 10:17 AM
 
xylem sap of sugar maple , red maple trees.
trees store their starch in their trunksand roots  before winter.
rises up as sap in the spring.
 
used by indig. people of  North America.
 
SUCROSE is the most prevalent sugar.
must be > 66% sugar to qualify as maple syrup.
 
Grade B is darker , less translucent than grade A.
 
Maple syrup is primarily sucrose and water with small amts of fructose and glucose.
 
it also contains nutritional amounts of zinc and manganese
 
Look at the table for 100 grams of maple syrup;
(that's about what I drink in one day... maybe more)
 
manganese  157% of RDA;  zinc  44% of RDA  !!! ... no fat, no protein.
it has only 261 kcals.
 
So,  need to supplement calcium and magnesium and NaCl.</p>