Syrup Shortage On The Horizon
MONCTON–For the second time in two decades Canada’s beloved breakfast topping is seeing a global shortage.
The Quebec Maple Syrup Producers are the Canadian experts who make and distribute syrup to 70 percent of the world. When there is unsold syrup, it goes into storage as a reserve and gets rotated out as needed.
According to the producers’ numbers, they had an output decrease of 24 percent this year. That means they’ll have to dip into the syrup bunker to release more, since there was an increase in sales that were exported by 21 percent.
That equals about 113 million pounds of the golden condiment.
Back in 2008 and 2009, the reserves had to be completely emptied due to demand and production. That coincides with the financial crisis at the time; more people at home were looking for more local methods of cooking and sustainable products.
This story was first published by Acadia Broadcasting, a Huddle content partner.