Maple Imposters, Beware of Vermont

On Thursday, Gov. Peter Shumlin said the only maple ingredient in McDonald's Fruit and Maple Oatmeal was extracted from the bark of a bush that is a distant relative of the maple tree. - from "McDonalds, Vermont Settle Maple Complaint," by Lisa Rathke in the Brattleboro Reformer, Feb. 21, 2011

Oh, how I love Vermont. I'm reprinting more of the article below, because it'll disappear from the newspaper's website in a week or so.



So starting Feb. 1, customers at Vermont McDonald's stores can...