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Sorghum Bicolor Stalk Juice

Low concern

Sweetener equivalent in caloric/glycemic impact to sugar and molasses. Standard added-sugar caveats apply (overconsumption linked to dental caries, obesity, type 2 diabetes), but the ingredient itself is GRAS as a traditional food.

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12 products

What it is

Juice pressed from the stalks of sweet sorghum (Sorghum bicolor), traditionally boiled into syrup.

Natural sweetener; precursor to sorghum syrup/molasses.

Why it's flagged

What regulators actually say

"Syrups, sorghum is listed in USDA FoodData Central as a traditional sweetener food product."

Regulatory status

United States — FDA

Sorghum syrup is a traditional food, GRAS

European Union — EFSA

Traditional food, no specific additive evaluation

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