Original Syrup
Original Syrup by Pearl Milling Company has 1 tracked ingredient, with an overall safety score of 3 out of 5, 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
- Safety score 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
How This Score Is Built
Original Syrup draws on FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research, combined into a single editorially-derived 1-5 scale (never an official government rating). 1 of its 1 tracked ingredient is scored so far; data as of 2026-09-07.
Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records feed this score. The FDA site → has the primary record; our methodology page explains the scoring.
Where Original Syrup sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
3 Top 98% higher than 2% of 58,710 scored products
Average ingredient safety score (1 = highest risk, 5 = safest), bucketed by value
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Source PlainIngredients ingredient safety index · 2026-09-07
Ingredient Safety Breakdown
Processing Level
Ultra-processed products are formulations made mostly or entirely from substances derived from foods and additives. They typically contain ingredients not commonly used in home cooking.
Full Ingredients List
corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, water, cellulose gum, caramel color, i salt, natural and artificial flavor, sodium l benzoate and sorbic acid (preservatives), i sodium hexametaphosphate. (595-l05-38) 1
Product Details
- Brand
- Pearl Milling Company
- Barcode
- 0030000623619
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Original Syrup rank on ingredient safety?
Original Syrup scores 3 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, in the bottom 98% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should Original Syrup's 3/5 score be read?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Original Syrup's mapped ingredients average out to 3/5, which is the Mixed Evidence tier.
Every figure on PlainIngredients is rendered directly from FDA, EU, EFSA and U.S. state regulatory records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.