Corn Syrup
Corn Syrup carries a source-backed screening score of 4/5 and appears in 46,998 indexed US food products. CSPI rates it “Cut Back.”
Source-backed answer
Corn Syrup appears in 46,998 catalogued products. CSPI rates it “Cut Back.” Its FDA SAFFA status is “GRAS.” Those source labels describe the ingredient; they do not establish whether a particular product, dose, allergy, or diet is safe.
- 46,998
- catalogued products
- #11
- usage rank of 247,206
- 4,716
- named brands represented
- 32%
- average depth down ingredient lists
Catalog prevalence comes from Open Food Facts ingredient lists. FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine labels are shown only when the source record contains them.
High-volume listing for Corn Syrup - usage rank #11
- Usage rank
- #11
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 32%
- Averaged label depth puts Corn Syrup in the upper half of the list (32% of list length, mean slot 9.1). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
Computed from parsed product ingredient lists (Open Food Facts). The ranking covers 247,206 ingredients that appear at least once. Neither usage rank nor label depth is a safety clearance.
Reading this ingredient record
Audit the co-occurring flags first
60% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Corn Syrup as the trigger. Open records such as 1 lb. Hot dog; 1 Wow!, Lollipop Bouquet; 1% chocolate lowfat milk and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 75.4/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 32% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
60% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 45282 of 46757 NOVA-tagged records. That describes the surrounding products, not the substance. For a useful comparison, hold category and processing level constant, then inspect which named component changes alongside the caution flag; otherwise the product mix will confound the ingredient question.
Next check: open the lowest-scoring linked formulation and locate the exact caution-marked component.
What else is usually in the same product as Corn Syrup
Across the 46,998 products on this site that list Corn Syrup, these flagged additives appear alongside it most often. The comparison column is how often each one appears across every product with a parsed ingredient list, so the two figures are measured over the same set. Red 40 shows up about 4.4x more often with Corn Syrup than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Corn Syrup products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red 40 | 11,199 | 23.8% | 5.4% |
| Blue 1 | 9,169 | 19.5% | 4.2% |
| Yellow 5 | 9,048 | 19.3% | 4.8% |
| Carrageenan | 6,820 | 14.5% | 4.5% |
| Caramel Coloring | 6,508 | 13.8% | 5.7% |
Co-occurrence describes what manufacturers formulate together. It is not a claim that these additives interact, and it carries no regulatory meaning. Counted over products with parsed ingredient lists; Open Food Facts, 2026-09-01.
Function
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, TEXTURIZER
How do the sampled products compare?
Each point is one of the 16 sampled products listed below: its overall safety score against how many separately flagged ingredients its label carries. Bubble size is the number of ingredient rows the label actually resolved to.
Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing Corn Syrup
Products Containing Corn Syrup
High-volume slice (16 of 46,998) for products naming Corn Syrup:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Sea salt”)
Top-decile company for Corn Syrup: 46,998 listings averaging 75.4/100. Comparable product-count neighbours: Sea salt · Corn Starch · Spices.
Similar product count
Nearest other ingredients by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).
Similar mean product score
Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
Next steps from the Corn Syrup page
Use the 46,998-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Check the listed products containing Corn Syrup before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Open product sample
- Place Corn Syrup next to “Corn Starch” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Open a peer record
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Corn Syrup — common follow-ups
How should I read safety signals when Corn Syrup sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
60% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Corn Syrup is the trigger. Where a source rating exists, Corn Syrup scores 4/5 on this site's screening scale and CSPI lists it as "Cut Back" with FDA SAFFA status "GRAS". None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Corn Syrup? ▼
Corn Syrup ranks in the top decile by product count (#11 of 247,206), appearing in 46,998 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
What function does Corn Syrup serve when it appears beside other flagged additives? ▼
Corn Syrup is recorded as a anticaking agent or free-flow agent, drying agent, flavor enhancer, flavoring agent or adjuvant, humectant, leavening agent, nutrient supplement, nutritive sweetener, solvent or vehicle, texturizer in source technical-effect fields. In high co-flag products, that function coexists with other caution-marked components — inspect the full list rather than isolating this role.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Corn Syrup). Safety ratings: CSPI Chemical Cuisine; product presence: Open Food Facts via PlainFoodSafe (September 2026). Figures are computed from those sources, no editor-typed counts. Methodology · State regulations.