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Golden syrup

Golden syrup is a pale treacle made from sugar processing and is used as a sweetener in baking, desserts, and sauces.

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About Golden syrup

Golden syrup is a thick, pourable sugar syrup produced during sugar refining. It is used as a sweetener and binder in cakes, biscuits, puddings, flapjacks, confectionery, dessert sauces, cereal mixtures, and other baking preparations, rather than being treated as dark treacle or molasses.

It has a smooth, viscous texture and mellow caramel-like sweetness with a light toffee note. Brand formulations and processing routes can produce differences in colour, acidity, sweetness, and thickness, while temperature affects whether it remains fluid or becomes more viscous.

Golden syrup has a clear to pale golden or amber colour and is sold in jars, tins, or squeeze bottles. It may crystallize during storage; warming can make it more fluid, while cooling or incorporation into mixtures makes it thicker or helps it set.

Ingredient type
sweetener

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Desserts

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Golden syrup

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Golden syrup nutrition & diet

Golden syrup nutritional value

Syrup, golden

Per 100 g of the edible portion in the stated food form.

Calories
298kcal
Protein
0.3g
Carbs
79.0g
Fat
0.0g

Reference values apply to the named food form, not every preparation, variety or brand. CoFID 2021 food code 17-065. Carbohydrate follows the dataset’s available-carbohydrate convention. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/.

Portions & preparation

Use golden syrup as sold and distinguish it from treacle, corn syrup, honey, or flavored syrups. The amount incorporated into baking, sauces, or desserts affects the finished portion; dilution, heating, and combination with flour or fat change the reference food.

Compare the right form: Reference must match pale golden syrup in its labeled recipe, measured alone or within the specific baked, dessert, or sauce preparation.

Diet considerations

Golden syrup is a processed sweetener made from sugar, but the original sugar source and processing aids should be confirmed for dietary interpretation. It contains no inherent animal ingredient by name, yet finished products may add dairy, egg, gelatin, or cereal ingredients and have portion-dependent carbohydrate patterns.

AI-authored reading notes · Awaiting editorial review. Measured values, where available, have a separate source above.

Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Depends on the version
  • Vegetarian
    Depends on the version
  • Pescatarian
    Depends on the version
  • Keto
    Typically incompatible
  • Paleo
    Typically incompatible
  • Low-carb
    Depends on the version
  • Halal
    Not established
  • Kosher
    Not established
What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Depends on the version
Check the refining process and processing aids for the particular producer.
Vegetarian · Depends on the version
Check the refining process and processing aids for the particular producer.
Pescatarian · Depends on the version
Check the refining process and processing aids for the particular producer.
Keto · Typically incompatible
A concentrated sugar ingredient; the amount used matters. No serving-level carbohydrate calculation is available.
Paleo · Typically incompatible
This profile falls outside the conventional paleo pattern used here (grains and pseudograins, legumes, dairy or refined sugar).
Low-carb · Depends on the version
A concentrated sugar ingredient; the amount used matters. No serving-level carbohydrate calculation is available.
Halal · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
Kosher · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish kosher status.

For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.

Reviewed ingredient entryIngredient reference · Preparations vary

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: UK Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID), 2021 — Syrup, golden ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.

Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.

The ingredient description and dish connections come from the draft catalogue and may change after review.

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