Forget "Grade A" — Vermont has a new system for grading maple syrup. The state hopes names like "Delicate" and "Robust" will educate consumers, but some residents are just plain confused.

As the No. 1 producer of maple syrup in the United States, Vermont is expected to lead the way for other states to adopt the new names by 2015. Vermont produced about 40% of the total U.S. syrup ...

For this story, Rochelle spoke with a sugarmaker based in northern Vermont and tasted different grades of maple syrup from ...

Medically reviewed by Melissa Nieves, LNDMaple syrup and honey are two natural sweeteners with distinct flavors and nutrition ...

"Grade B just doesn't sound as good as Grade A," says Mathew Gordon, executive director of the Vermont Maple Sugar Makers Association.Even though the system has been in place for decades, to many ...

In 2014, maple syrup did a bit of rebranding. The previous grades, which ranged from pale-colored “Fancy” to deeply flavored and robust “Grade B,” were replaced by a new set of more ...

In this Friday, Feb. 15, 2013 photo, four grades of maple syrup are displayed in a gift box in East Montpelier, Vt. Vermont lawmakers are considering whether to drop the state's traditional maple ...

Where to taste Vermont maple. In Vermont, maple is rarely more than a few steps away, as even the local gas station, especially Maplefields, carries syrup, sugar, candies, and creams at any time ...

On the rugged western slopes of Vermont’s Mt. Mansfield, a web of plastic tubing connects some 71,000 tree taps to one of the frontiers of Vermont’s rapidly changing maple syrup industry.

In Vermont, the nation’s leading maple-producing state, production has tripled in the past decade, from an average of 600,000 gallons per year in the late 2000s to about 1.8 million per year now.

Vermont is the No. 1 maple syrup producer in the United States, but its unique labeling standards put it at odds with the other big producers, including Canada. Skip to Article.