Organic Kosher Vegan Wheat Free Nut Free Clearspring malt syrups have a rich, mellow taste, & a milder sweetness than that of sugar, honey or maple syrup. As a result they are less likely to overpower the taste of other foods & can be used to sweeten hot drinks & baked foods, as well as to top breads, cakes, pancakes & desserts. This thick syrup is made by the traditional malting of cereal grains. Traditional malting produces a rich & delicious flavour & provides a balance of maltose & complex sugars. Enjoy as a sweetner for hot drinks & as a topping for breads, pancakes & desserts. This method consists of sprouting organic barley to release a wide range of naturally occurring digestive enzymes to breakdown the starches & also the proteins & fats of the cereal grain they are mixed with. The starches of the grain breaking down into sweeter tasting natural sugars create a deliciously flavoured syrup extract with a balance of maltose & other sugars. By contrast, most cereal syrups nowadays are made using laboratory produced enzymes that quickly & cheaply convert the starches of the grain into simpler sugars. The range of enzymes involved is limited, their activity is precisely targeted at the starch, & the resulting syrup has a light & quite sweet taste. Whilst yields from traditional malting may be lower than those from the laboratory enzyme process, the wider range of enzyme activity involved with malting creates a fuller flavour & can offer better digestibility. For this reason Clearspring likes to offer cereal syrups made by the traditional slow malting method. It's like choosing a loaf of bread that has been slowly made with natural sourdough in preference to one quickly made using commercial yeast.