> wrote in message
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> With real Maple Syrup being fairly expensive (at least in Australia it
> is), can someone tell me how "natural maple flavour" is made? This
> flavouring essence is available reasonably cheaply, yet if it is made
> from maple syrup, I would expect it to be more costly. Does it really
> come from maple syrup, or from some other natural ingredient that has
> maple flavour?
>
> Janet in Aus

It is not from the syrup. Maple syrup can be boiled down to make maple
sugar. It would still be a light flavor, unlike the flavor concentrates you
can buy.

I don't know the process, but flavorings can be extracted from the tree
using alcohol or other agents. Just like soaking a vanilla bean in alcohol
you can make a large quantity of the extract.
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