Golden Syrup
Golden Syrup appears in 64 indexed US food products. No FDA SAFFA status or CSPI rating is attached in this snapshot, so this page reports prevalence rather than a safety verdict.
What the data can answer
Golden Syrup appears in 64 catalogued products, but this snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to it. This page therefore cannot answer whether the ingredient is safe from those sources. It can show how often it occurs, where it tends to sit on labels, and which kinds of products contain it.
- 64
- catalogued products
- #4,211
- usage rank of 247,206
- 28
- named brands represented
- 46%
- 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.
Golden Syrup: top-decile catalog footprint (#4,211 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #4,211
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 37 others that also appear in exactly 64 products, listed in more products than 98.3% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 46%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 64 products listing it (mean slot 12.7). Golden Syrup usually falls in the upper half of the list; this position does not measure its amount because source formatting, compound ingredients and labeling exceptions vary.
Ranks use Open Food Facts ingredient rows on this site’s refresh cycle. 247,206 ingredients with ≥1 product appearance enter the ranking. Prevalence and list depth are catalog facts, not toxicology.
What this page can and cannot answer
Use prevalence before concern
Only 6.3% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Golden Syrup spans 28 named brands and is led by the Snacks group. Start with Arnott's, Chewy Caramel; Bircher Muesli Bowl; Caramel Muffin Bars when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 97.7/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
28 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 64 of 64 classified products, leaving a meaningful remainder elsewhere. This breadth is why the page reports label depth, category, and product examples separately. Those dimensions help locate comparable products; combining them into a stronger safety claim would hide the variation the catalog actually contains.
Next check: compare label position across two brands before treating prevalence as equivalent exposure.
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 Golden Syrup
Products Containing Golden Syrup
16 busy labels from the 64 indexed products that list Golden Syrup:
High-volume peers for Golden Syrup beside “Acidophilus”
Top-decile company for Golden Syrup: 64 listings averaging 97.7/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Acidophilus; Ail; Aloe vera.
Similar product count
Nearest other ingredients by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).
Similar mean product score
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
Next steps from the Golden Syrup page
Use the 64-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Check the listed products containing Golden Syrup before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Browse linked labels
- Place Golden Syrup next to “Ail” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Browse ingredient records
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. See source joins
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Golden Syrup — common follow-ups
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Golden Syrup? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Golden Syrup, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#4,211 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Golden Syrup? ▼
Golden Syrup ranks in the top decile by product count (#4,211 of 247,206), appearing in 64 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Golden Syrup so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Golden Syrup appears in 64 products (#4,211 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Golden 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.