Great Value Original Pancake & Waffle Syrup, 24 fl oz — DUMP

Name: Great Value Original Pancake & Waffle Syrup, 24 fl oz
Brand: Great Value

Munch or Dump rates Great Value Original Pancake & Waffle Syrup, 24 fl oz by Great Value DUMP — score 20/90.

There is no maple anywhere in this bottle. It's corn syrup and high fructose corn syrup dyed brown with caramel color, flavored artificially, and stabilized with two preservatives and a gum. It's a sugar delivery system doing a maple impression.

Why this verdict

First two ingredients are corn syrup and high fructose corn syrup — 33 g of sugar per 2-tablespoon pour
Caramel color plus artificial flavor fake the maple; there's zero maple content
Sodium benzoate, sorbic acid and sodium hexametaphosphate — industrial shelf-life chemistry in a breakfast bottle
Cellulose gum thickens thin sugar water into 'syrup' texture
NOVA 4 ultra-processed with nothing redeeming in the list

Ingredients (8)

Corn Syrup (caution) — Sweetener #4 — four distinct sugar sources in one pastry.
High Fructose Corn Syrup (concerning) — A cheap sweetener linked to obesity and metabolic issues.
Natural and Artificial Flavors (caution) — Lab flavor doing the work real marshmallow and butter would do.
Cellulose Gum (moderate) — Thickener that gives sugar-water maple viscosity.
caramel color (caution) — Cosmetic coloring; some classes carry 4-MEI concerns.
sodium benzoate (caution) — Preservative; in acidic drinks it can form trace benzene when combined with vitamin C, and it's been linked to hyperactivity in combination with dyes.
Sorbic Acid (moderate) — Second preservative backing up the first.
SODIUM HEXAMETAPHOSPHATE (caution) — Industrial sequestrant 'to protect flavor' — a phosphate processing aid you'd never find outside a factory.