Maple products 94 



Equipment 95 



Maple sugar 96 



Maple cream or butter 98 



Fondant 100 



Soft sugar candies 100 



Maple spread 105 



Fluffed maple product 106 



High-flavored maple sirup 106 



Crystalline honey- maple spread 109 



Other maple products ^ 109 



Summary 110 



Testing maple sirup for invert sugar 113 



Simple test H"^ 



Quantitative test 114 



Determining invert sugar content of sirup 115 



Summary 115 



PaRC 



The central evaporator plant 116 



Location 117 



Size 117 



Design 117 



Operation 118 



Sap suppliers 120 



Purchase of sap 121 



Storing sap 122 



Handling and storing sirup 124 



Sanitation 125 



Economics 125 



Standardizing sirup for color and density 126 



Custom packaging and gift packages 126 



High-flavored and high-density sirup 127 



Manufacture of confections 127 



Summary 128 



References cited 128 



Supplemental reading 134 



