Syrups by kilojoules: sweetener, ranked
The sweetener with the fewest kilojoules among syrups on Australian shelves is CSR Original Treacle Syrup 850g at 1210 kJ per 100 g (289 Cal), verified against the pack label.
Golden syrup, glucose, rice malt and molasses are all sugar dissolved in water at slightly different strengths, roughly 1,100 to 1,400 kJ per 100 g. Molasses keeps a little mineral content from the cane; the panel shows how little that changes the energy.
Method. Energy per 100 g for the syrup and liquid sweetener class only. Covers the 10 on-shelf products with this
value; updated with the shelf. Ties rank jointly. Never sponsored, never hand-ordered. Calories are converted from the labelled kilojoules (1 Cal = 4.184 kJ).
1
CSR Original Treacle Syrup 850g
Cane Sugar, Water.
1210 kJ289 Cal
2
Woolworths Golden Syrup 400g
Cane Sugar, Water
1250 kJ299 Cal
3
Gerard Family Foods Agave Syrup 345g
100% Organic Agave Syrup
1256 kJ300 Cal
4
CSR Golden Syrup 850g
Cane Sugar, Water
1260 kJ301 Cal
5
Coco Earth Australian Molasses
1270 kJ304 Cal
6
CSR Golden Syrup Squeeze 500g
Cane Sugar, Water.
1290 kJ308 Cal
7
Whole Earth Blue Agave Sweetner Raw
1292 kJ309 Cal
label
8
Queen Glucose Syrup 500g
Glucose syrup (from corn), preservative (223),
1355 kJ324 Cal
label
9
PureHarvest Rice Malt Syrup 500g
Organic Brown Rice
1360 kJ325 Cal
10
Queen Glucose Syrup
1377 kJ329 Cal
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