Caution

Sugar Free Imitation Honey

by Great Lakes

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0072223000273 · Great Lakes · Breakfasts. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0072223000273 · Serving size 21 g (1 Tbsp)

The verdict

Sugar Free Imitation Honey by Great Lakes scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 4 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. Its short parsed label begins Maltitol Syrup, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Acesulfame Potassium, so the useful next step is to inspect those few components directly rather than infer from the composite score. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

85/100
Caution safety score
1
One flagged · of 4 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
B
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

65/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

85/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

B

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.

23000273 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Sugar Free Imitation Honey label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-SHORT 4 ing. REG-PART 50% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-B Nutri-B RANK-LONG Len top 59% LEAD-FLAG Acesulfame Potassium PHOTO-FINISH Sugar Free Imitation · ±0 BOOK-OFF …000273 · July 2026

2 of 4 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Acesulfame Potassium). Source sheet 23000273 · 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: Sugar Free Imitation Honey · Nearest score peer is Sugar Free Imitation Honey at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

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

The composite for this product falls in the second band of the four-tier framework. That band collects labels whose registry-rated components pull the derived score down measurably without dominating it. Position inside a band is not visible from the band name, and two labels sharing it can differ in how many components were rated and how severely. This is a threshold on an index computed here from public data, not a regulatory classification of any kind; the exact cut-offs are published on the methodology page.

The Nutri-Score algorithm returned its second band for this label. That grade typically describes a nutrition panel whose favourable components register clearly in the model without fully offsetting its energy or sodium terms. Because the calculation is a single points balance rather than a set of independent thresholds, a strong fibre or protein figure can lift a panel into this band even where one penalised nutrient sits high. The grade summarises the declared panel alone and carries no information about the additive ratings screened below.

The declared list parsed into a small number of components. On a short list the registry screen covers close to everything the packaging declares, and any single matched component accounts for a correspondingly large share of the composite. Short lists also leave less room for parsing error, since there are fewer separators and qualifiers for the extraction to resolve.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Sugar Free Imitation Honey: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Sugar Free Imitation Honey85/1002. Sugar Free Imitation Honey: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Sugar Free Imitation Honey85/1003. Lipari Oldtyme, Cajun Style Turkey Breast: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Lipari Oldtyme, Cajun Sty…85/1004. Jennie-o, grand champion, mesquite smoked turkey breast: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Jennie-o, grand champion,…85/1005. Turkey Breast, Sweet Maple: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Turkey Breast, Sweet Maple85/100
High-band neighbours for Sugar Free Imitation Honey (85/100) outside Great Lakes.
Chart values as text

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

Sugar Free Imitation Honey
85/100
Sugar Free Imitation Honey
85/100
Lipari Oldtyme, Cajun Style Turkey Breast
85/100
Jennie-o, grand champion, mesquite smoked turkey breast
85/100
Turkey Breast, Sweet Maple
85/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 6,763 products we've scored in the Breakfasts category, the average safety score is 96.8/100. Sugar Free Imitation Honey scores 11.8 points below that category average (85/100 vs. 96.8/100), so it is a comparatively weaker pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Breakfasts products

Sugar Free Imitation Honey lists 4 ingredients on its label

4 41st percentile a longer ingredient list than 41% of the 320 products we track

0–2: 63 products (20%). Below this entry. 2–4: 67 products (21%). Below this entry. 4–6: 28 products (9%). This entry sits in this band. 6–8: 25 products (8%). Above this entry. 8–10: 20 products (6%). Above this entry. 10–12: 30 products (9%). Above this entry. 12–14: 16 products (5%). Above this entry. 14–16: 20 products (6%). Above this entry. 16–18: 5 products (2%). Above this entry. 18–20: 10 products (3%). Above this entry. 20–22: 4 products (1%). Above this entry. 22–24: 2 products (1%). Above this entry. 24–26: 4 products (1%). Above this entry. 26–28: 2 products (1%). Above this entry. 28–30: 2 products (1%). Above this entry. 30–32: 3 products (1%). Above this entry. 32–34: 3 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 3 products (1%). Above this entry. 38–40: 2 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 11 products (3%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Breakfasts product, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more products. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Distribution as text

320 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 4 (41st percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
63 products (20%)
2–4
67 products (21%)
4–6
28 products (9%)
6–8
25 products (8%)
8–10
20 products (6%)
10–12
30 products (9%)
12–14
16 products (5%)
14–16
20 products (6%)
16–18
5 products (2%)
18–20
10 products (3%)
20–22
4 products (1%)
22–24
2 products (1%)
24–26
4 products (1%)
26–28
2 products (1%)
28–30
2 products (1%)
30–32
3 products (1%)
32–34
3 products (1%)
36–38
3 products (1%)
38–40
2 products (1%)
40 and above
11 products (3%)

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. The comparison here runs against the 320 Breakfasts products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

How the 85/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 4 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

Full Ingredient List

Maltitol syrup, natural and artificial flavor, acesulfame k, malic acid.

Categories

Breakfasts Spreads Sweet spreads Bee products Farming products Sweeteners Honeys

High-score cross-brand comparables for Sugar Free Imitation Honey

Neighbours outside Great Lakes with screening scores in the same high band as Sugar Free Imitation Honey (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Great Lakes; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Acesulfame Potassium is the first flagged ingredient selected from Sugar Free Imitation Honey's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 4-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Acesulfame Potassium. Open Acesulfame Potassium
  • Compare Sugar Free Imitation Honey's 1 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 0072223000273: 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.