Under The Bark Syrup Co

📍 Lonsdale MN

Our Story
Hi! We're Austin and Madeline Miller, Under The Bark Syrup Co is our contribution to better health because this world consists of so many processed sugars, fake sugars and quite frankly just junk. Our objective is to be able to bring clean, pure and completely natural sugars to your table and kitchen. Our hope is to spark a journey and passion for cleaner ingredients and healthier food in your pantry. We infuse all of our flavors with the simple addition of one extra ingredient and the FLAVOR IS INSANE!

How do we actually get the flavors infused?!
You might be surprised to hear this but what you see is what you get. We personally hand stuff each ingredient in every bottle, with the exception of smoke and bourbon (those are slightly different processes). Once stuffed we then add the maple syrup at a pasteurizing temperature which partially cooks the ingredients into the syrup! Simple... but not easy.

Did you know that wearing two layers of gloves still doesn't keep the capsaicin off your hands when cutting 15lbs of ghost peppers?

Our story

Hi, we are Austin and Madeline Miller! We're the owners of Under The Bark Syrup Co. We live in Lonsdale MN on a 61 acre homestead that we purchased in October 2023 with our 2 daughters. Sustainability is something we cherish and want to bring into all of our products. Under The Bark Syrup Co started in 2011 as Three Rivers Farm. We were founded based on principles of making the world a healthier place through the love and enjoyment of pure maple syrup. We encourage maple syrup to be used as a natural replacement to all the processed sugars that exist. We've been working on getting all of our ingredients switched to local organic products. Below are all the sourced ingredients we have switched to organic:

Vanilla Beans
Cinnamon Sticks
Blueberries
Cranberries
Habaneros
Cardamom Pods

We're currently looking for suppliers of Ginger root, Ghost Peppers and Coffee Beans that're actually organically produced. If you have any recommendations, we'd love to hear!

Why isn't our syrup organic? For syrup to be truly organic, you can't have any farms within 10 miles of you spraying their crops with pesticides. I don't know if you've been to the Midwest but there's A LOT OF FARMS and most of them use traditional farming practices which also means their sprays, could potentially travel through the air and infect the trees. For that reason we're not allowed to claim that it's organic. We're in the works of trying to source an organic maple syrup producer also though so we're hoping to have some more options in the coming years.

We appreciate your continued support and for reading about our company. May god bless your journey and bring tons of sweetness into your lives!