Both maple syrup and honey are considered added sugar, so while they may provide more nutritional benefits than plain white sugar, here's why you still need to be careful not to overdo it. Maple ...

Red maple (acer rubrum) and silver maple have sap sugar content usually between 1.5% to 2%. This means it takes more gallons of sap, more fuel and a longer time frame to boil this down to a gallon ...