From the Simply Maple cookbook
Maple Nutrition
Pure maple syrup is a natural, nutritious and delicious sweetener and a smart choice as a sweet topping or as a flavorful ingredient in baking and cooking.
Maple Syrup has a delightful and flavorful maple bouquet and has varied taste intensities to suit different consumer preferences. Proven to be high in manganese, riboflavin and zinc, to name a few, in the percent of daily recommended value, maple can be used for all aspects of cooking and baking. With only 216 calories in a 60 ml portion ( ¼ cup), which is less than corn syrup and honey, maple syrup is unrefined and retains the inherent nutritional value of the maple sap obtained from the maple tree.