Does tapping and taking sap from a tree damage it?
Tapping and collecting sap do not harm the tree, if the guidelines spelled out in the North American Maple Producers Manual 2nd edition are followed. The North American Maple Project has monitored hundreds of maples in Vermont for 20 years, and has found no significant difference between the health of maples tapped yearly for syrup making and maples that have never been tapped. Q.Is anything added or put into Vermont maple syrup? Answer: Vermont maple syrup consists of maple sap, from which water has been boiled off to achieve a density of 66.9% sugar. Vermont maple law reads: Maple syrup shall not be processed in any manner which adds or removes naturally occurring soluble materials.
