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Is Specialty Select Maple Syrup ultra-processed?

Maple syrups Sold in the United States

Pack of Specialty Select Maple Syrup

No, it's a kitchen staple

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

It is pressed or refined from a food and used for cooking, like oil, butter or sugar.

  • 1 ingredient
  • No additives

Less processed simple syrups

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

pure maple syrup 100%

As written on the pack

100% PURE MAPLE SYRUP.

Why it is in group 2

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Maple syrups Products in the category "Maple syrups" are at least group 2.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 50 maple syrups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 8th. 18% of the maple syrups here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 50 maple syrups, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4099100024708, last edited 2 June 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.