Concern

Sugar Free Syrup

by Food Town Stores Inc.

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0035826094582 · Food Town Stores Inc.. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0035826094582 · Serving size 1 serving (30 g)

The verdict

Sugar Free Syrup by Food Town Stores Inc. scores 65/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 11 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. This is a focused 11-component label led by Water, Sorbitol, Cellulose Gum; compare those leading ingredients with the product's processing and nutrition fields before deciding whether it fits your goal. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

65/100
Concern safety score
3
Few flagged · of 11 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
D
Nutri-Score nutrition grade

Computed directly from OpenFoodFacts ingredient data cross-referenced with FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. See our methodology for the scoring formula.

Composite profile score

One verdict from three independent sources

45/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

65/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

D

Nutri-Score front-of-pack nutrition grade

Weighted 50% ingredient safety / 25% processing level / 25% nutrition grade. A dimension with no data for this product (common: source coverage is partial) is dropped and its weight redistributes across the remaining dimensions, so missing data never silently lowers the score. See the full benchmark table.

26094582 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Sugar Free Syrup label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 65/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-FOCUSED 11 ing. REG-PART 55% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-LONG Len top 61% LEAD-FLAG Aspartame PHOTO-FINISH Food lion, light · ±0 BOOK-OFF …094582 · July 2026

6 of 11 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Aspartame). Source sheet 26094582 · Open Food Facts · July 2026. The screening score and flag counts are in the verdict band above. This desk is the provenance stamp, not a second scorecard. Methodology · Read with nearest score peer: Food lion, light nonfat yogurt, blueberry · Nearest score peer is Food lion, light nonfat yogurt, blueberry at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

This label lands in the third of four positions on the published scale. What separates that position from its neighbours is arithmetic rather than judgement: identical inputs run through the documented weighting always arrive at the same place. Anyone who works the calculation through by hand, using the methodology write-up together with the itemised ratings further down, will reproduce this number exactly — which is the reason for publishing a computed figure instead of an opinion.

This label falls in the fourth Nutri-Score band. The model arrives there when its penalty terms — energy density, sugars, saturated fat, sodium — carry more weight in the calculation than the fibre, protein and produce content it credits. The band covers a wide span of the points scale, so position within it is not visible from the letter alone. The grade reflects the declared nutrition panel and is unrelated to the additive ratings listed below, which come from different bodies applying different criteria.

A mid-length component list was parsed from this label. There are enough separate entries for the screen to match several independently, while each matched entry still carries visible weight in the resulting index. Lists of this size are the most common shape in the catalogue, which makes the composite here easier to place against comparable products than at either extreme.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Sugar Free Syrup: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Sugar Free Syrup65/1002. Food lion, light nonfat yogurt, blueberry: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Food lion, light nonfat y…65/1003. Nonfat Yogurt: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Nonfat Yogurt65/1004. Food lion, ice cream & sherbet, vanilla orange swirl: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Food lion, ice cream & sh…65/1005. Johnny Moo, Milk Flavoring Drops, Chocolate: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Johnny Moo, Milk Flavorin…65/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Sugar Free Syrup (65/100 on 11 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

Unit: PlainFoodSafe screening score out of 100. Data current as of July 2026.

Sugar Free Syrup
65/100
Food lion, light nonfat yogurt, blueberry
65/100
Nonfat Yogurt
65/100
Food lion, ice cream & sherbet, vanilla orange swirl
65/100
Johnny Moo, Milk Flavoring Drops, Chocolate
65/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Sugar Free Syrup lists 11 ingredients on its label

11 39th percentile a longer ingredient list than 39% of the 359,392 products we track

0–2: 6,050 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 24,522 products (7%). Below this entry. 4–6: 31,054 products (9%). Below this entry. 6–8: 30,981 products (9%). Below this entry. 8–10: 31,618 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 29,943 products (8%). This entry sits in this band. 12–14: 28,403 products (8%). Above this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). Above this entry. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). Above this entry. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). Above this entry. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Above this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Above this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Above this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). Above this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Above this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Above this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Above this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Above this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 11 (39th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
6,050 products (2%)
2–4
24,522 products (7%)
4–6
31,054 products (9%)
6–8
30,981 products (9%)
8–10
31,618 products (9%)
10–12
29,943 products (8%)
12–14
28,403 products (8%)
14–16
27,417 products (8%)
16–18
24,508 products (7%)
18–20
19,062 products (5%)
20–22
14,679 products (4%)
22–24
12,238 products (3%)
24–26
10,830 products (3%)
26–28
9,344 products (3%)
28–30
7,955 products (2%)
30–32
6,753 products (2%)
32–34
5,918 products (2%)
34–36
5,282 products (1%)
36–38
4,531 products (1%)
38–40
4,063 products (1%)
40 and above
24,241 products (7%)

Source Open Food Facts, product label ingredient lists · July 2026

Ingredient-list length is a descriptive property of the label, not a safety rating. A longer list is not automatically worse and a shorter one is not automatically better; the count is shown so the label can be placed against a comparable population. No category with enough published products was available for this record, so the comparison runs against the whole published catalogue.

Full Ingredient List

WATER, SORBITOL, CELLULOSE GUM, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, SALT, ASPARTAME, CITRIC ACID, CARAMEL COLOR, SODIUM BENZOATE & SORBIC ACID (PRESERVATIVES), ACESULFAME POTASSIUM.

Other products containing Sodium Benzoate & Sorbic Acid

Sodium Benzoate & Sorbic Acid is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 5 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Sugar Free Syrup

Neighbours outside Food Town Stores Inc. near Sugar Free Syrup's mid-band score (65/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Food Town Stores Inc.; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Aspartame is the first flagged ingredient selected from Sugar Free Syrup's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 11-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Aspartame. Open Aspartame
  • Compare Sugar Free Syrup's 3 flagged ingredients with a product from the same score neighbourhood. Compare labels
  • Check how caution flags contribute to the derived screening score before drawing a dietary conclusion. Read the method

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0035826094582: product data from Open Food Facts (July 2026). Screening from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine where attached. Figures are computed from those sources, not editor-typed. Methodology. Reference only, not dietary or medical advice.