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| | Maple Sugar: America's First Sweetener |
 | | Maple sugar, or dehydrated maple syrup, was the New World’s first natural sweetener and is one of the most authentic “American” gifts you can give someone--along with maple syrup. |
 | | Maple sugar is particularly rich in potassium, containing from 1,300 to 3,900 ppm, and calcium, containing from 400-2,100 ppm, depending on the source. |
 | | Recently, a Vermont sugar maker was sentenced to four years in a federal prison for selling more than 500,000 pounds of what was claimed to be maple sugar which was in fact almost entirely cane sugar. |
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