My daughter loves making bread machine breads at college and was delighted with your maple bread mix recently. After she raved, I decided to modify my own oatmeal bread to include maple - quite fun to see this post which is very similar to mine accept I use a higher proportion of oats. Re: the writer concerned about maple extract for people with diabetes, I am a certified diabetes educator so perhaps can help. Most extracts don't have sweetener or sugar in them but even if this one did, the amount per serving would be insignificant and not effect blood sugar. Today's guidelines for diabetes management encourage people to eat a wide variety of food with attention to weight control and being moderate about carbohydrates (but not necessary to eliminate any particular carbs, even modest amounts of sugar can be OK if the rest of the meal is low enough in carb) Exercise can really help to lower blood sugar so a brisk spring walk after the lovely maple toast would be good! It's so nice that you are thinking about your friend's health before you bake:) Thanks, Hope, for the good information. The maple flavor is simply that "natural maple flavor." No sugar. But even if there was, it would be an insignificant amount, when used in a recipe. Thanks again - PJH

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