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Maple Syrup Sweetness Scale
Bascom Maple Farms maple syrup is less sweet than conventional sugar. Wondering how some of the most common sweeteners stack up?
Our maple syrup consists of 95-98% sucrose, which means it’s about 60% as sweet as sugar. In order of sweetness, sucrose is less sweet than fructose, but sweeter than glucose.
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Maple Syrup Sweetness Scale
| Sweetness Scale | Glycemic Index | Calories/ 100g | Fructose g/100g | Calcium mg/100g | Iron mg/100g | Magnesium mg/100g | Potassium mg/100g | Zinc mg/100g | Manganese mg/100g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maple Syrup | 0.6 | 54 | 260 | 8.8 | 67 | 0.11 | 21 | 212 | 1.47 | 2.9 |
| High Fructose Corn Syrup | 1.1 | 58 | 286 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.06 | 0 |
| Agave Nectar | 1.4 | 11-15 | 310 | 75 | 1 | 0.09 | 1 | 4 | 0.01 | 0 |
| Honey | 1 | 31-87 | 304 | 44 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 52 | 0.22 | 0.08 |
| Brown Rice Syrup | 0.5 | 25-98 | 320 | 25.5 | 0.2 | 0.01 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 3 |
If high-quality maple syrup is important to you, choose Bascom Maple Farms.