A Canadian radio reporter thought the “pure maple syrup” he’d just bought tasted weird so he followed his hunch.
He took it for testing to a food lab, which determined the syrup was half cane sugar.
The maple farmer who distributed the doctored syrup is now a potential target of a class-action lawsuit from consumers across Canada.
"Food fraud is a $50 billion problem in North America. We’ve all been victims at least once—through fraud, counterfeiting, mislabeling, adulteration, you name it. And without the media, we wouldn’t know about the maple syrup scandal unfolding right now."
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— The Food Professor (@FoodProfessor) April 10, 2026
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