Maple extract is a flavor concentrate used in food preparation and beauty products. It comes in four types and can be stored indefinitely in an airtight container. It is used to add flavor without altering texture and can be substituted for other maple products. It can also be used in beauty products and may be harmful to horses if consumed in large quantities.
Maple extract is one of a group of flavor concentrates used in food preparation. As with essences, liquid extracts can be stored indefinitely if stored in an airtight container in a cool, dark place. That’s why the extracts are often sold in very dark brown bottles.
There are four different types of maple extract: pure, natural, imitation and artificial. Artificial and imitation extracts may not contain any maple products. Like other liquid extracts, maple flavor usually has an alcohol base.
Maple extract, like all extracts and essences, is used to add flavor without adding significant bulk or altering texture. It can provide maple flavoring in lieu of adding more maple syrup, maple sugar, maple honey, maple cream, or maple butter or maple syrup, a substitute usually made primarily of corn syrup.
Recipes for some glazes, frostings, and icings may call for this extract, as does maple ice cream. In all cases, the significantly greater quantities of other maple products that would be required would affect the texture and texture of the product. Maple extract can also be substituted for vanilla extract in recipes such as cookie doughs and fillings.
Outside the kitchen, maple extract can be used as a fragrance component in beauty products, often combined with almond. It appears, for example, in some versions of exfoliating body polish, lip plumper products and micro-mini peel systems, as well as for hair conditioners. Complexion masks, facial astringent, face and body cleanser, and toner may also include it. Buyers can search for the words “Acer Saccharinum (Sugar Maple) Extract” in the ingredients list.
A 2002 study found that Acer Saccharinum extracts are potentially dangerous to horses, but they usually get access to it by eating maple leaves. No other toxicity studies are available.
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