Flavoured syrups, from least to most processed

We track 46 flavoured syrups, 67% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Date Syrup.

What makes flavoured syrups ultra-processed

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

Unprocessed or minimally processed (6)

  1. 1 Date Syrup The Groovy Food Company · 340 g NOVA group 1
  2. 2 Organic Date Syrup imp Biona · 350 g NOVA group 1
  3. 3 Dattel Sirup Basra · 450g NOVA group 1
  4. 4 Kamomill Vemondo · 250g NOVA group 1
  5. 5 Frozen concentrated apple juice Great Value · 12fl oz (355mL) NOVA group 1
  6. 6 Old Orchard - Frozen 100% apple juice Old Orchard · 12 FL OZ, 355 mL NOVA group 1

Processed food (9)

  1. 7 Blåbärssirap Urtekram · 250 ml NOVA group 3
  2. 8 Belvoir Farm Ginger Cordial Ginger Cordial · 500ml NOVA group 3
  3. 9 Juicy Oranges Whole Fruit Squash Rocks · 740 ml NOVA group 3
  4. 10 belvoir farm elderflower cordial Belvoir · 500ml NOVA group 3
  5. 11 Fläderblomsaft Brunneby · 50 cl NOVA group 3
  6. 12 Farms Light Elderflower Pressé Belvoir Fruit Farms NOVA group 3
  7. 13 Elderflower & Rose Cordial Belvoir NOVA group 3
  8. 14 Double Strength Squash Apple & Blackcurrant Lidl · 1.5 L NOVA group 3
  9. 15 Önos Extra Prima Fläderblomsaft Orkla Foods · 58 cl NOVA group 3

Ultra-processed food (31)

  1. 16 Golden syrup The Pantry · 680g NOVA group 4
  2. 17 elderflower cordial Bottle Green · 500 ml NOVA group 4
  3. 18 Kirsch Sirup Lowicz · 400ml NOVA group 4
  4. 19 Raspberry Syrup Lowicz · 400ml NOVA group 4
  5. 20 M&S Cordial: Fragrant British Elderflower Marks & Spencer NOVA group 4
  6. 21 Hazelnut syrup for coffee and drizzling 350 g NOVA group 4
  7. 22 Green Cordial Plump Summer Raspberry NOVA group 4
  8. 23 mango and passion fruit cordial Bottle Green · 500 ml NOVA group 4
  9. 24 Chocolate Syrup Nesquik · 22 oz (1 lb 6 oz / 623.6 g) NOVA group 4
  10. 25 Lime squash Sainsbury's NOVA group 4
  11. 26 Lime Juice Rose's · 1 L NOVA group 4
  12. 27 Crushed Lime & Mint Robinsons · 500ml NOVA group 4
  13. 28 Squash 2 Litre Vimto NOVA group 4
  14. 29 Easy Squeezy Apple & Blackcurrant Lindhouse · 66ml NOVA group 4
  15. 30 Vimto No Added Sugar Vimto · 2 litres NOVA group 4
  16. 31 Robinsons Real Fruit Double Strength Orange & Pineapple Robinsons · 1.75L NOVA group 4
  17. 32 Lemon sqaush Tesco NOVA group 4
  18. 33 Fruit & Barley Pink Grapefruit Squash Robinsons · 1L NOVA group 4
  19. 34 Strawberry Syrup Nesquik · 22 oz (1 lb 6 oz) 623.6 g NOVA group 4
  20. 35 Jacks Apple and Black Currant JACk's · 1500g NOVA group 4
  21. 36 Zero Sugar Chocolate Syrup Hershey's · 17.5 oz (1 lb 1.5 oz) 496 g NOVA group 4
  22. 37 Grape, Raspberry & Blackcurrant Squash Lindhouse Mixto NOVA group 4
  23. 38 Summer Fruits Quadruple Strength Tesco · 1.5L NOVA group 4
  24. 39 Double Strength Apple And Blackcurrent Robinsons NOVA group 4
  25. 40 Fruit Origins Orange & Mango Lindhouse · 1L NOVA group 4
  26. 41 Double Strength Squash Orange (No added sugar) Lidl · 1.5L NOVA group 4
  27. 42 Fruit & Barley squash Summer Fruits Lindhouse NOVA group 4
  28. 43 Fruit & Barley squash Apple & Pear Lindhouse NOVA group 4
  29. 44 Strawberry syrup Hershey's · 623 g NOVA group 4
  30. 45 Sugar Free Breakfast Syrup Smucker's · 14.5 fl oz (429 ml) NOVA group 4
  31. 46 Caramel Syrup Hershey's · 22 oz (1 lb 6 oz) 623 g NOVA group 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.