Honey sticks

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Common questions

Is Honey sticks healthy?

Honey sticks scores 10/100 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.

What is in Honey sticks?

Honey sticks lists 4 ingredients, starting with Honey, Natural Flavors, Artificial Flavors and Artificial Colors. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Honey sticks contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Honey sticks’s ingredient list matches a seed oil — canola, soybean, corn, cottonseed, grapeseed, sunflower, safflower, rice bran or peanut oil, or an unspecified "vegetable oil".

How processed is Honey sticks?

Honey sticks is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Honey sticks compare to other syrups & spreads?

At 10/100 Honey sticks scores worse than most syrups & spreads we have scored. A higher-scoring option in syrups & spreads is Spring Tree 100% Pure Rich Taste Maple Syrup at 100/100.

Is Honey sticks organic?

Yes. Honey sticks carries USDA Organic certification, which is worth +5 points in the score above.

Full methodology: how we score products.