Concern

Carys sugar free low calorie syrup

by Cary's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 05393131 · Cary's · Sweeteners. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 05393131 · Serving size 1/4 cup (60 ml)

The verdict

Carys sugar free low calorie syrup by Cary's scores 50/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 12 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 4 ingredients are flagged for caution. This is a focused 12-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.

50/100
Concern safety score
4
Many flagged · of 12 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

48/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

50/100

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.

05393131 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Carys sugar free low calorie syrup label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 50/100 FLAG-MANY 4 flagged LEN-FOCUSED 12 ing. REG-MOST 67% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-B Nutri-B RANK-SHORT Len top 10% LEAD-FLAG Aspartame PHOTO-FINISH Green sugar crystals · ±0 BOOK-OFF …393131 · July 2026

8 of 12 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Aspartame). Source sheet 05393131 · 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: Green sugar crystals · Nearest score peer is Green sugar crystals 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.

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.

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. Carys sugar free low calorie syrup: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Carys sugar free low calo…50/1002. Green sugar crystals: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Green sugar crystals50/1003. Green Crystals: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Green Crystals50/1004. Picachones: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Picachones50/1005. extra indulgent cake batter: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. extra indulgent cake batt…50/100
Cross-brand screening scores near Carys sugar free low calorie syrup's 50/100 while 33% of its parsed list carries a caution flag.
Chart values as text

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

Carys sugar free low calorie syrup
50/100
Green sugar crystals
50/100
Green Crystals
50/100
Picachones
50/100
extra indulgent cake batter
50/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 3,856 products we've scored in the Sweeteners category, the average safety score is 96.7/100. Carys sugar free low calorie syrup scores 46.7 points below that category average (50/100 vs. 96.7/100), 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 Sweeteners products

Carys sugar free low calorie syrup lists 12 ingredients on its label

12 90th percentile a longer ingredient list than 90% of the 1,596 products we track

0–2: 186 products (12%). Below this entry. 2–4: 431 products (27%). Below this entry. 4–6: 224 products (14%). Below this entry. 6–8: 176 products (11%). Below this entry. 8–10: 186 products (12%). Below this entry. 10–12: 232 products (15%). Below this entry. 12–14: 56 products (4%). This entry sits in this band. 14–16: 78 products (5%). Above this entry. 16–18: 8 products (1%). Above this entry. 18–20: 9 products (1%). Above this entry. 20–22: 2 products (0%). Above this entry. 22–24: 5 products (0%). Above this entry. 28–30: 2 products (0%). Above this entry. 32–34: 1 products (0%). Above this entry. This product 0 34 every published Sweeteners 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

1,596 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 12 (90th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
186 products (12%)
2–4
431 products (27%)
4–6
224 products (14%)
6–8
176 products (11%)
8–10
186 products (12%)
10–12
232 products (15%)
12–14
56 products (4%)
14–16
78 products (5%)
16–18
8 products (1%)
18–20
9 products (1%)
20–22
2 products (0%)
22–24
5 products (0%)
28–30
2 products (0%)
32 and above
1 products (0%)

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 1,596 Sweeteners products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.

Full Ingredient List

Water, sorbitol, cellulose gum, natural and artificial flavors, salt, caramel color, sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate (to preserve freshness), sucralose, phosphoric acid, acesulfame potassium, aspartame*, citric acid.

Categories

Sweeteners Syrups Simple syrups

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Carys sugar free low calorie syrup

Neighbours outside Cary's near Carys sugar free low calorie syrup's mid-band score (50/100). The 4 same-brand links above stay within Cary's; these peers cross brands.

Same mid-band screening score

Nearest cross-brand products by screening score: 33% of this label's ingredients carry a caution flag.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Aspartame is the first flagged ingredient selected from Carys sugar free low calorie syrup's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 12-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Aspartame. Open Aspartame
  • Compare Carys sugar free low calorie syrup's 4 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 05393131: 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.