Maple sap water is created through a natural process that occurs in maple trees during the springtime. As the weather moves out of winter and the days begin to warm up, the trees begin to prepare for the upcoming growing season by sending nutrients and water from their roots up to their branches and leaves. This process is known as sap flow, and it is what creates maple sap water.
To extract maple sap from the trees, a small hole is drilled into the trunk of the tree, and a spout is inserted into the hole. The sap then flows out of the tree and into a tubing system that is attached to the spout. Maple sap collection typically occurs in the late winter and early spring, when temperatures are below freezing at night and above freezing during the day. To learn more about sustainable harvesting, go HERE.
Once the sap has been collected, it is transported to a processing facility, the “sugarhouse”, where it is filtered and boiled down to create refined maple sap water (for most of our products), maple sugar (for our scrubs), or maple syrup (for our pancakes).
Working with our chemist, we have fine-tuned our proprietary maple sap water composition to optimize the skin care benefits of the sap water, creating a perfect and consistent output. Because all sap water used in Clean Maple’s products are from our own forest and processed in our sugarhouse, we are able to ensure product quality and consistency. And, as certified organic producers, we are committed to sustainable farming and creating more nutritious products with no genetically modified ingredients.
