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Across 6,995 logged meals containing maple syrup from 2,674 Signos members, the average glucose peak was +37.9 mg/dL — higher than plain sugar in our data because nearly every member who logs maple syrup is also logging pancakes, waffles, or French toast underneath. On pancakes the peak averages +41 mg/dL (n=418); on French toast it climbs to +47 (n=345) — the syrup pile compounds on top of the carb-bomb vehicle.
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Yes — meaningfully. Across 6,995 logged meals containing maple syrup from 2,674 Signos members, the average glucose peak was +37.9 mg/dL. Across 6,995 logged meals containing maple syrup, the mean glucose peak was +37.9 mg/dL and the median +35 — moderate-to-high territory, and notably above the +31.6 mg/dL we measured for plain sugar across its 43,229-log cohort. The reason isn't the maple molecule: it's the vehicle. Maple syrup essentially never gets logged alone (the single-item sub-cohort is just 38 logs) — nearly every member logs it on pancakes, waffles, French toast, or oatmeal, where the breakfast-carb base does most of the work. Three levers drive the variance: vehicle (French toast lifts the peak +11 mg/dL above plain), total meal carb load (very-heavy meals at +48.7 mg/dL, a 59% escalation), and protein pairing (≥15g protein trims ~7%). The IQR spans 28 mg/dL (p25: +17, p75: +45).
Some members spike +30.7 mg/dL. Others spike +48.7. The only way to know how you'll spike is to measure with a Signos CGM.
Maple syrup produces a mean peak of +37.9 mg/dL across 6,995 logged meals from 2,674 members — moderate-to-high territory, with an IQR of 28 mg/dL (p25: +17, p75: +45). Because the single-item sub-cohort is too small to characterize (n=38), this page treats the broader cohort as primary — every measurement here reflects the syrup-plus-vehicle reality of how members actually consume it. Three levers explain most of the range. First, the vehicle: on French toast the peak averages +46.9 mg/dL across 345 matched logs while in coffee or latte it lands at +37.3 (n=1,031) — a +10 mg/dL gap. Second, total meal carb load: very-heavy meals (110g+ carbs) hit +48.7 mg/dL while light-carb meals averaged +30.7 — a 59% escalation across 4 carb buckets. Third, the form itself: sugar-free maple swaps trim peaks by −8 mg/dL versus pure Grade A. These effects are observational from matched-pair Welch's t-tests, not controlled trials.
This page is grounded in 6,995 total logged meals containing maple syrup from approximately 2,674 unique Signos members, captured through the Signos production PPGR cohort. Because the single-item maple syrup sub-cohort returned only 38 logs — too small to characterize at confidence — we treat the broader cohort (which includes maple syrup paired with pancakes, waffles, French toast, oatmeal, coffee, and other vehicles) as the page primary. Data was filtered to meals with a measured glucose rise between 0 and 100 mg/dL (ppgr_case='regular') to exclude outliers and sensor artifacts. Statistical comparisons between modifier groups use Welch's t-test on matched pairs; all effects reported at p<0.05 minimum, with the dominant modifiers reaching p<0.001. We report the mean peak glucose rise of +37.9 mg/dL across the right-skewed distribution — the median is a few mg/dL lower at +35, which is typical for this data shape. The IQR spans 28 mg/dL (p25: +17, p75: +45). Maple syrup logs were identified via a regex cohort match on the canonical food names 'maple syrup' and 'pure maple', with explicit compound-term exclusions: 'maple bacon' (the bacon is the headline) and 'maple leaf' (decorative / brand term) are dropped. A minimum of 100 matched meals was required for any vehicle option to appear at high confidence.