100% Pure Maple Syrup. Jakeman's Maple Syrup is truly the best of the bunch. We only sell Canadian Grade A 'Amber - Rich Taste'. The taste and quality is assured at the top level every batch year after year. That is why The Canadian Way continues to purchase this brand as it is in keeping with our reputation for quality at the top of the table. 

Remember that 100% Pure Maple Syrup is already an ORGANIC product and does not need certification to become a better product.

Jakeman's has always followed best practice methods long before Organic Certification (OC) was even thought of 40 years ago. 

2020-02-27 - I have been in discussions with Bob and Mary Jakeman for many years on the topic and it was always a good chat but when the OC companies started pushing more and more to get their brand certification in every product possible regardless of the need for it or not, the decision was to put the debate to rest out there on whether Organic Certified Maple Syrup is better than the original naturally Organic produced Maple Syrup for you and the environment.  It took a few years to get things in order as Jakeman's was already in the process of expanding their existing facilities and once that was complete we could address the OC challenge.

So now we are here with a new batch of Jakeman's Organic Certified Maple Syrup in 250ml, 500ml and 1Litre bottles.  The OC maple syrup was bought from a Certified maple forest which has trees over 100 years old that have now been Certified Organic due to the 3 year paper work reporting on the daily activities of the trees.  The only action Jakeman's had to modify from its already existing highest standards of processing was to have to separate the 2 types of supply in the warehouse. The OC product would be processed separately to all other products in the facility and then moved out prior to a non OC product transported into the facility for processing. This meant Jakeman's basically reserved the facility to only process OC products for that day. The regular daily cleaning of the facility was followed as per Jakeman's usual standards.

Since Jakeman's has always processed their maple syrup to the highest standards even over and above some of the OC requirements, it was no problem processing and getting Organic Certification right away.

The big difference between Jakeman's and the OC requirements is that OC companies are now allowing a small amount of Chlorine bleach to be used in cleaning.

Jakemans has never and will never use Chlorine bleach or any other chemical matter to clean their facilities. Hot water pressure washed onto the walls and floors along with a natural cleaning agent for some spots is all that is ever needed as maple syrup will dilute with the washing and naturally drain away.

So now it is up to you.

Buy one of the Organic Certified bottles and one of the Original Organic bottles of Maple Syrup and see for yourself. 2 equally processed products from the same facility to keep the batch standards equal. Only the trees are different but even those trees had similar upbringing until the OC trees had paperwork attached to their daily lives for 3 years... And That's it!!

Jakemans will continue to produce OC maple Syrup if people still can't accept there is no difference but the cost will obviously be higher for the OC products due to the fees the OC companies charge for their presence as well as the extra work actioned but not needed to keep the natural 150 year old maple trees OC.

Cheers David Cost-Chretien

Managing Director