Great Value Caramel Flavored Syrup plastic bottle

Breakdown

5 ingredients to avoid

Great Value Caramel Flavored Syrup plastic bottle scores 15/100 on Tallow — our avoid band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in. It is not a verdict on your diet — Tallow does not weigh calories, portion size or how often you eat it, so a high score means the ingredients are clean, not that the food is unlimited.

Great Value Caramel Flavored Syrup plastic bottle lists 11 ingredients, starting with Corn Syrup, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Milk Powder (Whole and Skimmed), Sweetened Condensed Skimmed Milk (Milk, Sugar), Nonfat Dry Milk (Organic) and Water. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

At 15/100 Great Value Caramel Flavored Syrup plastic bottle scores worse than most sweeteners we have scored. A higher-scoring option in sweeteners is Rowse Organic Honey at 100/100.