Lowering Maple Sugar costs

[Louie]

Just wait a few more months and it might be cheap. Another good year and the price might go through the floor.

[maplenomad]

Luckily our supplier has a warehouse in California so shipping heavy syrup wouldnt be an issue.

Converting the syrup to sugar in large amounts is intimidating. I have been struggling to find good information online about the process on a commercial level.
We have played around with cookign the sugar on a stove top and then agitating it in a kitchen mixer with good results but boiling 100's of lbs of syrup a whole other story

Another thing you need to know. 1 lb of syrup makes .7 lb of sugar. So on one ton order you would shipping an extra 800 lb of water plus stainless drums.

[Louie]

There are lots of trees available. Buy some and set up to make your own.

Compared to other sugars ( Coconut, Cane, etc) it is astronomically expensive. We can purchase organic coconut sugar for about a $1/lb.

[maplenomad]

Hey Louie, my name is also Louie

We will have to wait and see.

Have you heard of any developments with row cropping saplings and using vacum systems to draw sap? Someone told me of this new way to make syrup.

Just wait a few more months and it might be cheap. Another good year and the price might go through the floor.

[Moser's Maple]

Compared to other sugars ( Coconut, Cane, etc) it is astronomically expensive. We can purchase organic coconut sugar for about a $1/lb.

No offense but comparing those sugars to maple is like comparing a Ford Focus to a Lamborghini.
Here's a nice read
https://draxe.com/maple-syrup-nutrition/

[psparr]

https://youtu.be/EqreE_O6mBU

[barnbc76]

I am only a hobbyist so I can't give any advice on much of the maple stuff, but I would be very cautious in making dramatic changes to my business to achieve marginally lower costs. You are already assessing whether it is possible to get lower costs just don't lose sight of your original purpose and expertise of your business. This may not be an issue for you but someone I know gets carried away with business ideas that were no where close to being practical or likely to make enough money in a hundred years to think it is a good idea.

[johnallin]

Seems to me that at $6 per lb they're paying about $66 per gallon. Pretty sweet deal from what I can see. The biggest gain will come from reigning in shipping costs.

[Mark]

Seems to me that at $6 per lb they're paying about $66 per gallon. Pretty sweet deal from what I can see. The biggest gain will come from reigning in shipping costs.

Syrup is 11 pounds a gallon. You only get a little over 7 pounds of sugar from a gallon of syrup.

[maplenomad]

Totally agree with you.

Thanks for the great article

No offense but comparing those sugars to maple is like comparing a Ford Focus to a Lamborghini.
Here's a nice read
https://draxe.com/maple-syrup-nutrition/