Maple syrup may be better for you than sugar. This natural syrup contains more vitamins and minerals and has less of an effect on blood sugar levels.

The son of a buyer for a maple sugar company, Marckres started tasting and grading syrup when he was 3. Trained in technical school, he signed on with the state as a field inspector 24 years ago and ...

MONTPELIER -- Henry Marckres is a cop with no gun or gold badge. The tools of his trade are his eyes, his taste buds and a hydrometer. His beat: Vermont maple syrup. Marckres is technically a "maple ...