Household Ingredients Compared › Maple Syrup (Singapore)

Maple syrup: what's actually in it?

Two different products share this shelf and are routinely confused. 100% pure maple syrup is one ingredient — maple sap, boiled down. Nothing else is in the bottle, and by law in its home markets nothing else can be in it and still be called maple syrup. Pancake syrup / table syrup is a manufactured sweetener built on corn syrup (or high-fructose corn syrup) and water, with maple flavouring, caramel colour and preservatives added to look and taste like maple syrup. It contains no maple sap at all. The front of the bottle rarely makes the distinction clear — "maple flavoured", "original syrup" and "pancake syrup" all sit next to "100% pure maple syrup". The ingredient list does make it clear, in the first three words.

This page covers maple syrup and maple-flavoured pancake/table syrup sold in Singapore, in separate sections that are never merged. It does not cover golden syrup, honey (see the honey page), or maple sugar/candy. This page does not give a health score or a "best" pick.

The headline, in 30 seconds

Pure maple syrup is one ingredient. Maple Grove Farms 100% Pure, Maple Grove Farms Organic Pure, Kirkland Signature Organic and Camp 100% Pure all list a single ingredient: maple syrup. Grade A Amber/Dark is a colour-and-flavour grade, not an extra ingredient.
Pancake syrup starts with corn syrup, not maple sap. Mrs Butterworth's Original starts "High fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, water…"; Pearl Milling (Aunt Jemima) Original starts "Corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, water…"; Log Cabin Original starts "Corn syrup, water, sugar…". None of the three lists any maple syrup at all.
"Lite" and "sugar free" pancake syrups are still pancake syrups. Aunt Jemima Lite replaces most of the corn syrup with water and keeps the flavouring and preservatives; Mrs Butterworth's Sugar Free is built on sorbitol and artificial sweeteners (aspartame, acesulfame potassium, neotame) instead of sugar. Neither becomes maple syrup.
The Kirkland question, answered honestly. Kirkland Signature Organic Maple Syrup is 100% pure maple syrup (Open Food Facts: "Pure organic maple syrup"), but there is no Costco in Singapore — the SG supply is parallel import through Shopee/Lazada resellers. It is panelled as a flagged parallel-import product, and the SG bottle still needs a pack photo.
Every panelled list below is a non-SG list, flagged as such. No FairPrice, Cold Storage, Giant or Sheng Siong ingredient section for any maple or pancake syrup was retrievable in this pass, and no SG pack transcription was found for any of them. The lists are the manufacturers' own formulations for these named products, but the SG-imported bottle still needs a photo check.

At a glance

Product	Type	First ingredient	Any maple sap?	Pack size (as printed)	Country of manufacture (as printed)
Maple Grove Farms 100% Pure Maple Syrup	Pure maple syrup	Pure maple syrup	Yes — 100%	12.5 fl oz (370ml)	USA (Vermont) (Stop & Shop lists 'Canada, Product Of USA & Canada, USA' — see notes)
Maple Grove Farms Organic Pure Maple Syrup	Pure maple syrup, organic	Organic pure maple syrup	Yes — 100%	not stated	not stated
Kirkland Signature Organic Maple Syrup	Pure maple syrup, organic	Pure organic maple syrup	Yes — 100%	740ml / 1L (two sizes, same list)	Canada
Camp 100% Pure Maple Syrup (Grade A Amber)	Pure maple syrup	Maple syrup	Yes — 100%	not stated	not stated
Mrs Butterworth's Original Thick & Rich Pancake Syrup	Pancake syrup	High fructose corn syrup	No	not stated	not stated
Mrs Butterworth's Sugar Free Thick & Rich Pancake Syrup	Pancake syrup, sugar free	Water	No	not stated	not stated
Pearl Milling Company Original Syrup (Aunt Jemima)	Pancake syrup	Corn syrup	No	not stated	not stated
Aunt Jemima Lite Syrup, Original	Pancake syrup, lite	High fructose corn syrup	No	not stated	not stated
Log Cabin Original Syrup	Pancake syrup	Corn syrup	No	not stated	not stated
Maple Grove Farms Original Syrup	Pancake syrup	Corn syrup	No	not stated	not stated

Panelled with verbatim lists: 10 products (4 pure maple syrups, 6 pancake/table syrups). All 10 lists are non-SG lists (US retailer ingredient sections, Open Food Facts entries, or USDA-sourced listings), flagged per card — no SG pack list was verified for any of them in this pass. Seen-but-not-verified: see the list below.

Prices are deliberately not shown here: they change weekly and would go stale. This site compares ingredients only.

100% pure maple syrup — one ingredient

Maple Grove Farms 100% Pure Maple Syrup

Pack size: 12.5 fl oz (370ml) · Made in: USA (Vermont) (Stop & Shop lists 'Canada, Product Of USA & Canada, USA' — see notes) (as printed)

Ingredients (Open Food Facts): PURE MAPLE SYRUP.

Maple Grove Farms is the largest packer of pure maple syrup in the US; its own FAQ describes pure maple syrup as "made entirely from the sap of northern sugar maple trees" and notes it takes up to 40 gallons of sap to make one gallon of syrup. Grades sold are Grade A Golden, Amber and Dark (colour/flavour grades). Flag: Open Food Facts is a community database (secondary); US entry. SG sale via import grocers/Shopee resellers; SG bottle not verified. Pure maple syrup Single ingredient Origin: USA (Vermont)

Maple Grove Farms Organic Pure Maple Syrup

Pack size: not stated · Made in: not stated (as printed)

Ingredients (retailer listing): Organic pure maple syrup.

The organic version of the same product: same single ingredient, certified organic. Do not confuse it with Maple Grove Farms' Original Syrup below — same brand, different product, corn-syrup based. Flag: US retailer listing (Fig App, label transcription); SG bottle not verified. Pure maple syrup Organic Single ingredient

Kirkland Signature Organic Maple Syrup

Pack size: 740ml / 1L (two sizes, same list) · Made in: Canada (as printed)

Ingredients (Open Food Facts): Pure organic maple syrup.

Costco's house-brand maple syrup, sourced in Canada (Citadelle and Lantic/Maple Treat, both Quebec-based) and graded Grade A Amber, Rich Taste. The Open Food Facts entries agree across sizes (740 ml, 1 L / 33.8 fl oz): one ingredient. Flag: Open Food Facts is a community database (secondary); there is no Costco in Singapore, so SG supply is parallel import through Shopee/Lazada resellers — panelled as a flagged parallel-import product, and the SG bottle needs a pack photo. Pure maple syrup Organic Single ingredient Origin: Canada Parallel import in SG

Camp 100% Pure Maple Syrup — US Grade A Amber Color, Rich Taste

Pack size: not stated · Made in: not stated (as printed)

Ingredients (Open Food Facts): Maple syrup.

A second US pure-maple brand, same single-ingredient list, Grade A Amber. Flag: Open Food Facts is a community database (secondary); countries sold listed as United States/World. SG sale not verified on a named SG channel in this pass — it is panelled as a pure-maple example, not as a confirmed SG shelf item. Pure maple syrup Single ingredient Grade A Amber

Pancake syrup / table syrup — corn syrup based, no maple sap

Mrs Butterworth's Original Thick & Rich Pancake Syrup

Pack size: not stated · Made in: not stated (as printed)

Ingredients (US retailer listing): High fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, water, contains 2% or less of: cellulose gum, salt, cane syrup, caramel color, sodium hexametaphosphate, sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate (preservatives), natural and artificial flavors, citric acid, molasses, lactic acid, mono and diglycerides.

High-fructose corn syrup first, corn syrup second, water third. The maple note comes from natural and artificial flavours; the amber colour from caramel color and molasses. Two named preservatives (sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate). No maple syrup anywhere in the list. Flag: US retailer list (Food Lion/Giant Food); SG sale via Shopee/Lazada resellers, SG bottle not verified. Pancake syrup No maple sap Preservatives: sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate

Mrs Butterworth's Sugar Free Thick & Rich Pancake Syrup

Pack size: not stated · Made in: not stated (as printed)

Ingredients (US retailer listing): Water, Sorbitol. Contains 2% Or Less Of: Cellulose Gum, Salt, Caramel Color*, Phosphoric Acid, Aspartame, Citric Acid, Sorbic Acid And Sodium Benzoate (Preservatives), Acesulfame Potassium, Corn Syrup*, Natural And Artificial Flavors*, Sodium Hexametaphosphate, Lactic Acid, Molasses*, Mono- And Diglycerides, Neotame. * Adds A Trivial Amount Of Sugar.

The sugar-free version is a different formulation, not just the original with the sugar removed: water and sorbitol (a sugar alcohol) lead, sweetness comes from aspartame, acesulfame potassium and neotame, and corn syrup is still present in a trivial amount (asterisked as adding a trivial amount of sugar). Flag: US retailer list (Giant Food Stores/Food Lion); SG bottle not verified. Pancake syrup Sugar free Sweeteners: sorbitol, aspartame, acesulfame K, neotame No maple sap

Pearl Milling Company Original Syrup (formerly Aunt Jemima)

Pack size: not stated · Made in: not stated (as printed)

Ingredients (Open Food Facts): Corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, water, cellulose gum, caramel color, salt, natural and artificial flavor, sodium benzoate and sorbic acid (preservatives), sodium hexametaphosphate.

The same corn-syrup logic as Mrs Butterworth's, with the two corn syrups in the opposite order. Note the brand change: Aunt Jemima was rebranded Pearl Milling Company in 2021 — old "Aunt Jemima" bottles and new "Pearl Milling" bottles are the same product line, and old stock may still be on SG reseller shelves. Flag: Open Food Facts is a community database (secondary); US entry. SG bottle not verified. Pancake syrup No maple sap Preservatives: sodium benzoate, sorbic acid

Aunt Jemima Lite Syrup, Original

Pack size: not stated · Made in: not stated (as printed)

Ingredients (USDA-sourced listing): High Fructose Corn Syrup, Water, Cellulose Gum, Salt, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Caramel Color, Sorbic Acid And Sodium Benzoate (Preservatives), Sodium Hexametaphosphate.

The "lite" version drops the second corn syrup and the molasses/cane syrup of the original, but high-fructose corn syrup is still first and the flavouring, colouring and preservatives are the same system. "Lite" means fewer calories, not closer to maple syrup. Flag: USDA-sourced listing (Prospre); SG bottle not verified. Pancake syrup Lite No maple sap

Log Cabin Original Syrup

Pack size: not stated · Made in: not stated (as printed)

Ingredients (US retailer listing): Corn Syrup, Water, Sugar, Contains 2% Or Less Of: Salt, Natural Flavor, Sodium Benzoate And Sorbic Acid (Preservatives), Caramel Color, Phosphoric Acid, Mono- And Diglycerides, Sodium Hexametaphosphate.

Log Cabin's current formulation contains no high-fructose corn syrup (the brand makes a point of it) — but it is still corn syrup, water and sugar with natural flavour, caramel colour and preservatives. Older Log Cabin lists and some secondary sources still show high-fructose corn syrup, so check the bottle in hand: the formulation has changed over time. Flag: US retailer list (Giant Food Stores); SG bottle not verified. Pancake syrup No HFCS (current list) No maple sap

Maple Grove Farms Original Syrup

Pack size: not stated · Made in: not stated (as printed)

Ingredients (brand-discussion source quoting the Maple Grove Farms site): Corn syrup, water, cellulose gum, caramel color, salt, natural and artificial flavors, sodium benzoate and sorbic acid (preservatives), citric acid.

The trap in this category, from the most trusted pure-maple brand on the page: Maple Grove Farms sells both 100% pure maple syrup and a corn-syrup "Original Syrup" under the same brand name. The bottle that says "Original Syrup" without "100% Pure" on it is the corn-syrup one. Flag: list as quoted from the brand site via a secondary source (The Donut Whole); SG bottle not verified. Pancake syrup No maple sap Same brand as the pure syrup — do not mix up

Seen but not verified — do not panel until checked

Maple Grove Farms Premium Maple Blend Pancake Syrup — a blend that is 15% pure maple syrup (per a foodservice data listing); the full ingredient list was not retrieved in this pass, so it is not panelled. It sits between the two sections above and must not be filed under either without its list.
Maple Farm 100% Pure Canadian Maple Syrup — Open Food Facts entry (France) lists a single ingredient ("Sirop d'érable"), but SG sale was not verified on a named SG channel in this pass. Needs an SG listing plus a pack check.
Butternut Mountain Farm, Crown Maple, Coombs Family Farms, Great Value and other pure maple brands — no SG sale with a verified list found in this pass; do not assume they are on SG shelves.
Hungry Jack pancake syrup, Log Cabin Sugar Free and Butter Pecan, Mrs Butterworth's Lite and Extra Buttery, Maple Grove Farms Sugar Free syrup — variants of panelled brands with no verbatim list retrieved in this pass. Do not assume they share the Original lists above (the Sugar Free Mrs Butterworth's already proves variants differ).
FairPrice / Giant / Sheng Siong / Cold Storage house-brand maple-flavoured syrups, Donki and Meidi-Ya imported maple syrups, Le Petit Depot maple syrups — no ingredient section retrieved for any of them in this pass; the supermarket category pages could not be read for ingredient sections via search. Needs in-store pack photos.
Maple sugar, maple cream/spread and maple candy — different products from bottled syrup; out of scope for this page.

Nutrition — what the numbers say

All figures in the table are as sold, per 100 g, from the source stated. Maple syrup's sugars are the syrup's own sugars (mostly sucrose) — for pure maple syrup the sugars column is the product itself, not an addition; for pancake syrups the sugars are added corn-syrup sugars, and the ingredient panels are the evidence for which is which. No official Singapore Nutri-Grade (A–D) was found printed on any of these syrups in this pass, so none is quoted here; no grade has been assigned. (Open Food Facts' own Nutri-Score for maple syrup is a different, computed scheme and is not quoted here as a Nutri-Grade.)

Salt and sodium: salt = sodium × 2.5. The table shows sodium as printed (in mg) with the salt equivalent in brackets. Sodium is not presented as salt, and salt is not presented as sodium.

Total vs added sugars: most Singapore packs list total sugars, not added sugars. A total-sugars figure is never labelled here as "added sugar". For pure maple syrup, the sugars are inherent to the sap; for pancake syrup, the sugars are the corn-syrup base itself. The ingredient list remains the evidence either way.

Open Food Facts is a community database and is flagged as secondary where used: the pack and the retailer nutrition section take precedence if they disagree. Figures marked "not stated" were not in the source retrieved; they are not estimated, borrowed from another variant, or copied across brands.

Product	Basis	Energy	Protein	Total fat	Saturated fat	Carbohydrate	Sugars	Sodium (salt equiv.)
Maple Grove Farms 100% Pure Maple Syrup	Per 100 g, as sold (Open Food Facts, secondary)	350 kcal (1,502 kJ)	0 g	0 g	not stated	88.3 g	88.3 g	17 mg (salt 0.04 g)

Per-serving figures, quoted as printed and not converted: USDA data for generic pure maple syrup (via Prospre) gives 110 kcal and 26 g sugars per 2 tablespoons (30 ml) serving, with no protein and no fat. That is a per-serving figure, so it is not converted to per 100 g here and is not copied onto any branded row.

Observed numbers, no verdict: the one verified per-100 g row, Maple Grove Farms 100% Pure, lists 88.3 g sugars per 100 g — the product is, by definition, concentrated maple sap sugars. Sodium is 17 mg per 100 g.

Seen but not verified (nutrition): no per-100 g nutrition panel was verified in this pass for Maple Grove Farms Organic Pure, Kirkland Signature Organic, Camp 100% Pure, Mrs Butterworth's Original, Mrs Butterworth's Sugar Free, Pearl Milling Original Syrup, Aunt Jemima Lite, Log Cabin Original, Maple Grove Farms Original Syrup, or any seen-but-not-verified syrup above. Their ingredient panels are unchanged; their nutrition figures are not estimated here, and the Maple Grove pure row above is not copied onto the Organic Pure or Kirkland rows even though the ingredient is the same.

How to read a maple syrup label — the jargon, in plain English

100% pure maple syrup: One ingredient: maple sap, boiled down. If the list has anything else in it, the bottle is not 100% pure maple syrup, whatever the front says.
Grade A (Golden / Amber / Dark / Very Dark): A colour-and-flavour grade for pure maple syrup. Golden is light and delicate, Amber is rich, Dark is robust, Very Dark is strong. The grade changes colour and taste, not the ingredient list — all grades are still one ingredient.
Pancake syrup / table syrup: A manufactured syrup, usually corn syrup and/or high-fructose corn syrup plus water, flavouring, caramel colour and preservatives. It is made to taste like maple syrup; it is not maple syrup, and its ingredient list starts with corn syrup.
Maple-flavoured / maple blend: A pancake syrup with maple flavouring, or a blend containing some real maple syrup (e.g. a "maple blend" at 15% pure maple syrup). The percentage of real maple syrup, if any, is the number to look for — a blend is neither pure maple syrup nor a zero-maple pancake syrup.
High-fructose corn syrup (HFCS): A sweetener made from corn starch, with some of its glucose converted to fructose. It appears first in Mrs Butterworth's Original and Aunt Jemima Lite, and not at all in the current Log Cabin Original list — formulations change, so check the bottle in hand.
Cellulose gum / sodium hexametaphosphate: A thickener and a sequestrant (keeps the syrup stable and smooth) in pancake syrups. They never appear in pure maple syrup, so their presence is a quick marker that the bottle is a pancake syrup.
Sorbitol / aspartame / acesulfame potassium / neotame: Sweeteners used in sugar-free pancake syrup instead of sugar. Sorbitol is a sugar alcohol; the other three are high-intensity artificial sweeteners. A "sugar free" pancake syrup is still a pancake syrup.

What this page is not

Not a health score, and not a "best" pick. Pure maple syrup and pancake syrup are different products, and this page does not rank them — it separates them so they are not compared as if they were the same thing.
Not a taste test, and not a price comparison. Prices change weekly; ingredients change less often, but still change.
Not complete. No SG pack list was verified for any panelled product, and the house-brand and import-grocer syrups are not yet inventoried with lists, for the verification reasons given, not hidden.

Sources and method

Checked 5–6 November 2026 from: Open Food Facts entries (Maple Grove Farms 100% Pure with per-100 g nutrition, Kirkland Signature Organic in three sizes, Camp 100% Pure, Pearl Milling Original Syrup, Log Cabin Original, Maple Farm 100% Pure Canadian); Maple Grove Farms official FAQ (pure maple syrup from sugar maple sap; Grade A grades); US retailer ingredient sections (Giant Food Stores/Food Lion for Mrs Butterworth's Original and Sugar Free and Log Cabin Original; Fig App label transcription for Maple Grove Farms Organic Pure); USDA-sourced listings via Prospre (Aunt Jemima Lite; generic pure maple syrup per-serving nutrition); brand-discussion source quoting the Maple Grove Farms site for its Original (corn-syrup) Syrup; foodservice data listing for the Maple Grove Farms Premium Maple Blend (15% pure maple syrup, list not retrieved); Costco-sourcing reporting (Reader's Digest, Food Republic, The Takeout) for Kirkland's Canadian suppliers (Citadelle, Lantic). Limitation, stated plainly: FairPrice, Cold Storage, Giant, Sheng Siong, Don Don Donki, Mustafa, Meidi-Ya, Le Petit Depot, RedMart, Lazada SG and Shopee SG category/search pages returned no ingredient sections for maple or pancake syrup through web search in this pass, so no SG retailer ingredient section is quoted on this page and no SG pack was transcribed. Full per-fact source list is in the accompanying research notes. Nutrition section added 5–6 November 2026: figures are standardised to per 100 g where the source gives per-100 figures; per-serving-only figures are labelled as such and are not converted; sugars are total sugars as printed, not added sugars, unless the source states added sugars; salt = sodium × 2.5. Where a full pack list could not be verified, the product is in seen-but-not-verified instead of being panelled.