Noticed today that Aldi has their "Specially Selected" Pure Canadian Maple Syrup back in stock at £2.99 for a 250ml bottle. Found in Middleton, Leeds store. Hopefully nationwide. A bargain price for the real thing. Time to stock up.
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cibarious
12 Feb 1712#4
This is Aldi's normal price. We have been buying it at this price for years.
cibarious
12 Feb 173#13
[Climbs onto High Horse]
All of you that are either for or against "sugars", please do some research as it's not as simple as it might at first appear. There is a world of difference between pure white sugar as extolled by the big sugar companies (pure and white it may be but that's its problem, it's been totally cleansed of anything that might be good for a body) and natural sugars such as is found in trees like the Maple and the Birch.
Whilst I would suggest that natural sugar, like Maple Syrup, is much better for you, it is still largely empty calories and so should be consumed in moderation.
The one series of sweeteners that I choose to avoid, in addition to the pure white stuff, is the artificial ones. Check out the delights of Aspartame and Glucose-Fructose Syrup but please make sure what you read is about Glucose-Fructose Syrup aka High Fructose Corn Syrup as Glucose and Fructose, as separate entities are not the same thing at all.
[Climbs off High Horse]:sunglasses:
Master.G to cibarious
12 Feb 173#5
Yes, but it's rarely in store. Hence the nod to stock up.
chopsncheese
12 Feb 173#7
This is in stock plenty every time I shop, granted it is a good price compared to other stores
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LJM
12 Feb 17#1
What's the usual price for these please?
Tyranicus66 to LJM
12 Feb 17#2
100% pure maple syrups normally start around £7. The cheaper end of the market is normally crowded by corn syrup concoctions @ £2.99 this is great.
lucas
12 Feb 17#3
The thing is this is naturally sweet, it's like saying don't eat strawberries because they've got natural fructose sugars in them.
Ego-X to lucas
13 Feb 171#25
The difference of course is that strawberries are only 5% sugar and have multiple nutritional benefits whereas this syrup is around 70% with no nutritional benefits.
Still, all things in moderation and all that. I likes a bit of syrup on my pancakes occasionally too.
knowitall5 to lucas
13 Feb 17#42
technically it's not 100% natural and it's certainly not "naturally sweet" because the maple sap is concentrated multiple times, more than 50x if I am not mistaken, and thus, it's like no-added-sugar Jam. They concentrate the natural fructose by cooking it so much and evaporating all of the water that you can be left with a strawberry product that is all natural, but yet more than 60% sugar.
That being said, the sugar has more glucose which is technically better than fructose, but let's not go there.
cibarious
12 Feb 1712#4
This is Aldi's normal price. We have been buying it at this price for years.
Master.G to cibarious
12 Feb 173#5
Yes, but it's rarely in store. Hence the nod to stock up.
chopsncheese to cibarious
12 Feb 172#6
Yeah, same. I'm sure its always this price, just another Aldi bargain. You could walk around the store adding most of their items to hukd I suppose....
chopsncheese
12 Feb 173#7
This is in stock plenty every time I shop, granted it is a good price compared to other stores
tekhieboy
12 Feb 172#8
Standard price and always in stock in all three of my local branches. Not really a deal, just a local stock alert.
singgirl to tekhieboy
13 Feb 171#28
THREE local branches of Aldi, tekhieboy? Where do you live:) ?
kungpo
12 Feb 17#9
I often buy my honey from Aldi and can't fail to notice the Maple syrup as it is not far from the honeys section, it seems to be always there and at this price. The only one that came close to that price was from Asda, some special deal early last year that worked out a couple of pence per 100ml cheaper, so I stocked up then.
veedubjai
12 Feb 171#10
Regular price.
Dan_999
12 Feb 171#11
Asda stock Clarks pure Canadian Maple Syrup - 242ml £3.50 for anyone who can't find it in their Aldi.
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All of you that are either for or against "sugars", please do some research as it's not as simple as it might at first appear. There is a world of difference between pure white sugar as extolled by the big sugar companies (pure and white it may be but that's its problem, it's been totally cleansed of anything that might be good for a body) and natural sugars such as is found in trees like the Maple and the Birch.
Whilst I would suggest that natural sugar, like Maple Syrup, is much better for you, it is still largely empty calories and so should be consumed in moderation.
The one series of sweeteners that I choose to avoid, in addition to the pure white stuff, is the artificial ones. Check out the delights of Aspartame and Glucose-Fructose Syrup but please make sure what you read is about Glucose-Fructose Syrup aka High Fructose Corn Syrup as Glucose and Fructose, as separate entities are not the same thing at all.
[Climbs off High Horse]:sunglasses:
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Still, all things in moderation and all that. I likes a bit of syrup on my pancakes occasionally too.
That being said, the sugar has more glucose which is technically better than fructose, but let's not go there.