If you’ve had a bottle of maple syrup in your pantry for a long time, you might want to inspect it. If you find fuzzy growth on the surface of the syrup, it might be mold.

Maple syrup is relatively low on the list of risky foods for spoilage because it contains a high amount of sugar. But exposure to air, moisture, and other factors can encourage mold growth. Not all fungi like the kind of low-moisture, super-sweet environments that syrup provides, but some do.

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