Highfructose Corn Syrup
Highfructose Corn Syrup appears in 8 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
Highfructose Corn Syrup appears in 8 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.
- 8
- catalogued products
- #17,814
- usage rank of 247,206
- 3
- named brands represented
- 33%
- 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.
Reading this ingredient record
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 3 of 8 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare Fruit Punch, Kiwi, Strawberry & Guava; Iced Tea; Key Lime Pie to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Highfructose Corn Syrup itself. The ingredient most often sits in the upper half of the list, and Beverages supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
3 of 8 linked records have some flagged component
All 8 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 0–100 score spread more informative than the average alone: investigate the low end, identify the actual flagged row, and compare it with a similar unflagged formulation before drawing a conclusion.
Next check: pair one flagged product with a similar unflagged product from the same shelf category.
Highfructose Corn Syrup: top-decile catalog footprint (#17,814 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #17,814
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 1,731 others that also appear in exactly 8 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 33%
- Mean relative depth 33% across 8 parsed labels, slot 15.9 on average. Highfructose Corn Syrup tends to sit in the upper half of the list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
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.
How do the sampled products compare?
Each point is one of the 8 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 Highfructose Corn Syrup
Products Containing Highfructose Corn Syrup
High-volume slice (8 of 8) for products naming Highfructose Corn Syrup:
High-volume peers for Highfructose Corn Syrup
High-volume peers for Highfructose Corn Syrup: 8 products, mean screening score 76.3/100. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.
Similar mean product score
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
What to do with this Highfructose Corn Syrup record
Start from Highfructose Corn Syrup's 8 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Open the product sample for Highfructose Corn Syrup and read how the term sits on real packages. Browse linked labels
- Compare another ingredient’s source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Compare a peer
- 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.
Questions readers ask about Highfructose Corn Syrup
Does Highfructose Corn Syrup carry its own safety label in this catalog? ▼
This is a mixed neighborhood: some linked products carry a separate flag while others do not. This snapshot does not attach a standalone FDA/CSPI verdict to Highfructose Corn Syrup. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Highfructose Corn Syrup? ▼
Highfructose Corn Syrup ranks in the top decile by product count (#17,814 of 247,206), appearing in 8 indexed products led by Beverages. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Highfructose Corn Syrup so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Highfructose Corn Syrup appears in 8 products (#17,814 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Highfructose 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.