Kispiox Creations- Product

Bolder and less sweet than maple syrup, birch syrup can taste like molasses, caramel, malt, licorice, - even balsamic. Taste and colour are influenced by the time of sap harvest with early season harvesting producing the lighter coloured, sweeter tasting syrup. Every batch of syrup is slightly different in taste and sugar/nutrient composition, and each producer may evaporate it to different standards.

To reduce production time and costs most producers sell a blended product by adding a sugar (fructose or sucrose). Or they stop evaporating at about 60 degrees brix.

Nothing is added to Kispiox Creations’ birch syrup. Our syrup is a pure concentrated product reduced to 61 to 67 degrees brix, the point just before carmelization would occur. Refrigeration after opening is recommended.

Birch Syrup compared to Maple Syrup and Honey

The following information is from a study done by the Institute of Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods of Laval University

Fewer Calories per 100 grams:

Birch syrup = 238 calories Maple syrup = 270 calories Honey = 304 calories

Fewer Total Sugars per 100 grams:

Birch syrup = 57.7 g Maple syrup = 67.22 g Honey = 81 g

Higher Protein Content per 100 grams:

Birch syrup = 1.12 g Maple syrup = 0 g Honey = 0.0007 g

Birch syrup is also richer in polyphenols (antioxidant compounds) - right up there with blueberries!

American nutrition label

Canadian nutrition label

Jim collecting sap in April