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tation flavor, but as maple sirup consists largely of sucrose or ordinary 

 sugar, the presence of added cane sugar is more difficult to detect than 

 the presence of glucose sirup. However, the addition of cane sugar 

 sirup can be detected by the determination of minor constituents which 

 occur in maple products only. 



Only 22 samples of these products were examined, 16 of which were 

 either adulterated or misbranded, or both. 



The manufacturers of these products often use labels that, while not 

 in open violation of the law, are easily misleading to the unsuspecting 

 consumer. Such labels are regarded as misbranded. A label must tell 

 the whole truth and nothing but the truth. See the table below. 



