For nearly two years, teams across Lakanto have been working together to bring a new Maple Syrup from idea to bottle. What started as a simple question — “Can we make maple better?” — became months of formulation, tasting, testing, refining, sourcing, packaging, and plenty of opinions around the table.
The goal was simple to say and much harder to perfect: create a maple syrup with the rich, familiar flavor people love, made the Lakanto way.
At the center of the formulation process was a small team led by Daniel Funk, Lakanto's R&D Director. Daniel, along with food scientists Taylor Zappe and Finn Cumiskey, went through nearly 100 rounds of testing and refinement to get the flavor, texture, and sweetness just right. Along the way, feedback from countless focus groups and more than 200 tasters helped confirm they'd finally gotten it right.
“We didn't want a maple syrup that just tasted fine, we wanted one that made people stop and say, 'wait, this is really good.' That took the whole team refusing to settle."
— Daniel, R&D Director
But no bottle gets to the finish line alone. From R&D and sourcing to operations, creative, marketing, sales, leadership, and everyone who tasted a sample and said, “Try it one more time,” this launch is the result of a true team effort from start to finish.
Now, after two years of work, it is finally time to pour.
The Sticky Details
2 years - From idea to finished bottle, Lakanto Maple Syrup was nearly two years in the
making.
09.25 - The official launch date.
Formulations - More than 100 formula versions were tested. Including more than 30 versions of the maple flavor alone to get everything just right.
Flavor Note - Warm, deep maple flavor with a smooth, syrupy finish.
Fun Facts
- This syrup has less than 1g of sugar per serving, yet it took over 100 formula iterations to make sure you'd never know it.
- The team tested 30+ variations of the maple flavor alone just to match the taste of traditional maple syrup.
- This is Lakanto's first-ever maple syrup, sweetened with only monk fruit.
- Contains 29% of your daily value of fiber.