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Quebec Maple Syrup Producers (QMSP; French: Producteurs et productrices acéricoles du Québec, PPAQ) is a federated organization that regulates the production and marketing of maple syrup from Quebec. It was known as the Federation of Quebec Maple Syrup Producers (French: Fédération des producteurs acéricoles du Québec, FPAQ) until 2018. [4]
Under Canadian maple product regulations, containers of maple syrup must include the words "maple syrup", its grade name and net quantity in litres or millilitres, on the main display panel with a minimum font size of 1.6 mm. [78] [79] If the maple syrup is of Canada Grade A level, the name of the colour class must appear on the label in both ...
A jug of maple syrup from Quebec, Canada. Quebec has approximately 7000 maple syrup producers, and the provincial industry supplies at least 70% of the world's maple syrup, [1] [2] worth over CA$600 million. [2] The Federation of Quebec Maple Syrup Producers (FPAQ) exerts control over virtually all aspects of the maple syrup industry in Quebec ...
French explorer and colonist Pierre Boucher described observing indigenous peoples making maple sugar in 1664. Maple sugar fabrication was introduced to New France by settlers of Swiss and Norman French origin during the 17th century. Their goal was the production of syrup for trade or sale, and for personal use during the cold winter months.
Angèle Grenier – maple syrup producer known for her legal battles with the Federation of Quebec Maple Syrup Producers; Elliot Grove, founder of Raindance Film Festival, British Independent Film Awards and the Independent Film Trust. Charles Guillimin (1676–1739) – shipbuilder, merchant and moneylender
Chaudière-Appalaches has over 50% of sugar maples in Quebec, thus producing the most maple syrup in Canada as well as the World. [ 3 ] Chaudière-Appalaches has a population of 420,082 residents (as of the Canada 2016 Census ) and a land area of 15,083.25 square kilometres (5,823.68 sq mi). [ 1 ]
Maple syrup was first collected and used by the Indigenous people of Eastern Canada and the north-eastern United States, and Canada remains the world's largest producer. [10] Though the origin of maple syrup production is not clear, the earliest known syrups were made by repeatedly freezing the collected maple sap and removing the ice to ...
Maple beer – by fermenting the sugar in maple syrup to replace malt and other components, craft brewers create an ale with noticeable maple tones that is often reinforced in sweetness with residual sugars. [7] However, due to maple syrup being more expensive than traditional sources of sugar, this beverage is considered more of a delicacy. [8 ...