The Official U.S. Maple Syrup Almanac 2015 | Page 8
T
H
E
OFFICIAL UNITED STATES
Maple Syrup
Almanac
2015
3RD EDITION
HIGHLIGHTS SEASON
OF
THE
2015 maple industry at a glance. What people were talking about …
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ON THE COVER:
Steam billows out
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Maine Maple Products
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The era of super
concentrate begins
A sugarmaker in Northern
Vermont was the first to go
into commercial production
with so-called “super concentrate,” processing sap that had
been R/O’ed to 41 percent brix,
nearly two thirds of the way to
syrup density. His R/O, made
by H20 Innovation