• Maple syrup production occurs in a brief period, usually about 40 days, based on the weather. • A maple tree is usually at least 30 years old and 12 inches in diameter before it is tapped.

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Cane sugar is regularly tumbled with bone char, a by-product of the meat industry. The one exception is 100% USDA-certified organic cane sugar, which is always vegan.

It all changed for Paddy Spence during a trip to Whole Foods in March 2010. That’s when the food-industry veteran, who had given up sugar cold turkey a decade earlier, discovered Zevia. The zero ...