Caution

Sugar-Free Syrup

by Starbucks

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0762111082916 · Starbucks · Sweeteners. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0762111082916 · Serving size 2 Tbsp (30 ml)

The verdict

Sugar-Free Syrup by Starbucks scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 8 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. This is a focused 8-component label led by Water, Maltodextrin, Natural Flavour; 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.

85/100
Caution safety score
1
One flagged · of 8 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
A
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

70/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

85/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

A

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.

11082916 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Sugar-Free Syrup label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-FOCUSED 8 ing. REG-PART 50% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-A Nutri-A RANK-MID Len top 36% LEAD-FLAG Sucralose PHOTO-FINISH Sugar-Free Syrup · ±0 BOOK-OFF …082916 · July 2026

4 of 8 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sucralose). Source sheet 11082916 · 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 Syrup · Nearest score peer is Sugar-Free Syrup 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.

Nutri-Score placed this label in its highest band. The model reaches that grade when the credit side of its ledger — fibre, protein and the fruit, vegetable and legume fraction — outweighs the energy, sugar, saturated-fat and sodium it counts against a product. The scale is computed per hundred grams from the declared nutrition panel, which is why two products with similar ingredients can grade differently on portion-heavy categories. It is a nutritional summary only, calculated independently of the additive registries screened further down this page, and it neither incorporates nor contradicts them.

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 Syrup: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Sugar-Free Syrup85/1002. Sugar-Free Syrup: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Sugar-Free Syrup85/1003. Cake: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Cake85/1004. trail mix mountain: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. trail mix mountain85/1005. English Muffin Ham, Egg & Cheese: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. English Muffin Ham, Egg &…85/100
High-band neighbours for Sugar-Free Syrup (85/100) outside Starbucks.
Chart values as text

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

Sugar-Free Syrup
85/100
Sugar-Free Syrup
85/100
Cake
85/100
trail mix mountain
85/100
English Muffin Ham, Egg & Cheese
85/100

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. Sugar-Free Syrup scores 11.7 points below that category average (85/100 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

Sugar-Free Syrup lists 8 ingredients on its label

8 64th percentile a longer ingredient list than 64% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 10–12: 232 products (15%). Above this entry. 12–14: 56 products (4%). Above this entry. 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: 8 (64th 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, maltodextrin, natural flavour, cellulose gum (e466), sucralose (e955)*, preservative, sodium benzoate (e211), citric acid (e330).

Categories

Sweeteners Syrups Simple syrups

High-score cross-brand comparables for Sugar-Free Syrup

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

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sucralose 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 8-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sucralose. Open Sucralose
  • Compare Sugar-Free Syrup'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 0762111082916: 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.