NEWTOWN, Conn. — As Maple Craft Foods in Newtown rounds out nearly a decade in business, its focus centers around its signature flavored organic maple syrups.
Dave Ackert, the company owner, left his corporate job to pursue his passion. Ackert is also the former head of the Newtown Action Alliance which still serves to help the community in the wake of the Sandy Hook tragedy. Ackert didn’t lose any family members but was deeply affected by it, like everyone in town.
“I needed to find a way to transform the sorrow and the tragedy for myself and my family to something positive and it turned into something for me to show the world that Newtown and Sandy Hook are strong and have emerged and we’re doing really good things," Ackert said.
From their popular bourbon barrel-aged maple syrup to blueberry to salted caramel maple syrup, Ackert and his team at Maple Craft Foods are up to 13 different flavors and now, they are also selling new products like cranberry sauce flavored with maple syrup.
"We have made it across the country I’m getting orders from France now. We are in 1000 specialty stores and we sell to restaurants," Ackert said. "We are all just making people smile.”
Maple Craft Foods also works with the Litchfield Distillery to create their barrel-aged bourbon maple syrup variety which is enjoying success among their array of flavors.
"We’re growing, we are having trouble keeping up with the growth, but we will figure that out – it’s a good problem," Ackert said.
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Jimmy Altman is a reporter at FOX61 News. He can be reached at jaltman@fox61.com. Follow him on Facebook, X and Instagram.
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