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Friday, May 22, 2026 at 12:33 PM

Mouton’s cane syrup took the prize

Mouton’s cane syrup took the prize

Jim Bradshaw [email protected]

Alexandre (Aleck) Mouton, grandson and namesake of Governor Alexandre Mouton, made the best cane syrup in the world. At least that’s what the judges at the St. Louis World’s Fair said in 1903, giving it their highest award. That’s how the syrup came to be named Mouton’s Gold Medal Syrup.

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