Thanks for your kindness! (I'm so glad I found this place). As for the Maple, I'm going to ask my husband to look into that (I'm actually afraid to even smell the stuff! I got this phantom whiff of it last night - it was no where near me, it was like a smell flash back, that just made my stomach turn!:). But we just bought it at Whole foods market on Sunday, and refrigerated after opening. He liked the stuff, and used it to sweeten smootheis (that's his new thing). Here's wishing you enough ...