why is maple syrup pasteurized
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 the winter; the starch is then converted to sugar that rises in the sap in the spring. maple syrup production farm is called a  sugarbush  or sugarwood. Sap is often boiled in a  sugar house  (also known as a sugar shack, sugar shanty, or cabane a Ã ), sucre a building louvered at the top to vent the steam from the boiling. Sap maples are usually tapped beginning at 30 to 40 years of. age