Alleged maple syrup scam in Quebec uncovered by Canadian broadcaster

A Radio-Canada reporter noticed his maple syrup tasted odd; testing revealed it was adulterated with cane syrup

An investigation by https://www.theguardian.com/world/canada">Canada’s national broadcaster has found that a major https://www.theguardian.com/world/quebec">Quebec producer has been diluting its maple syrup with cane sugar and selling the fraudulent product to grocery chains.

In a sting operation that involved false identities and covert recordings, journalists from Radio-Canada’s Enquête programme https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/bogus-maple-syrup-quebec-9.7149822">found that a low-cost syrup sold in major grocery store chains was heavily diluted.