SYRUP

Listing Description: 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. Detailed Description:  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 late winter and early spring. Maple trees are tapped by drilling holes into their trunks and collecting the exuded sap, which is processed by heating to evaporate much of the water, leaving the concentrated syrup. Maple syrup was first collected and used by the  indigenous peoples  of North America, and the practice was adopted by European settlers, who gradually refined production methods. Technological improvements in the 1970s further refined syrup processing. The  Canadian province  of  Quebec ...

Listing description Honey /ˈhʌni/ is a sweet food made by bees using nectar from flowers. The variety produced by honey bees (the genus Apis ) is the one most commonly referred to, as it is the type of honey collected by most beekeepers and consumed by people. Honeys are also produced by bumblebees , stingless bees , and other hymenopteran insects such as honey wasps , though the quantity is generally lower and they have slightly different properties compared to honey from the genus Apis . Detailed description Honey bees convert nectar into honey by a process of regurgitation and evaporation. They store it as a primary food source in wax honeycombs inside the beehive . Honey gets its sweetness from the monosaccharides fructose and glucose , and has about the same relative sweetness as granulated sugar . [1] [2] It has attractive chemical properties for baking and a distinctive flavor that leads some people to prefer it over sugar and other sweeteners. [1] Most m...