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Cereal syrups, from least to most processed

We track 10 cereal syrups, 60% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Organic Rice Syrup Brown Rice.

What makes cereal syrups ultra-processed

The signs of ultra-processing found most often, and the share of cereal syrups that contain each:

Unprocessed or minimally processed (3)

  1. 1 Organic Rice Syrup Brown Rice Pure Harvest · 500g 1
  2. 2 BIO Rice syrup Maribel · 250g 1
  3. 3 Apiario Reyna HONEY BEE LIQUID Apiario Reyna · 11.8 OZ 1

Processed food (1)

  1. 4 Light Corn Syrup with Real Vanilla Karo · 16 fl oz, 1 pint, 473mL 3

Ultra-processed food (6)

  1. 5 Corn Syrup, Original A Family Tradition Since 4
  2. 6 Original Syrup Log Cabin · 710 ml 4
  3. 7 Strawberry Syrup Nesquik · 22 oz (1 lb 6 oz) 623.6 g 4
  4. 8 Chocolate Syrup Hershey's · 24 oz (1 lb 8 oz) 680 g 4
  5. 9 Original Syrup Mrs. Butterworth's · 710ml 4
  6. 10 Caramel Syrup Hershey's · 22 oz (1 lb 6 oz) 623 g 4

Within each group, products with fewer signs of ultra-processing, additives and ingredients come first. This ordering is ours, for comparison; it is not part of NOVA.