Food ingredient · Sweetener (sugar)
Hydrolyzed corn
Corn broken down by hydrolysis, used for flavor or as a syrup.
- Industrial sugar or starch hydrolysate
- Ultra-processing marker
- Expert review pending
Concern level
A minor or very limited concern, such as being an ultra-processing marker only. The concern level sets how many points hydrolyzed corn costs on a product’s receipt.
What the evidence says
-
Marker of ultra-processingInfo
An ingredient class typical of ultra-processed foods (NOVA group 4). [1]
Evidence tiers say how sure the evidence is, separately from how much it matters. About evidence tiers.
Popular products that list hydrolyzed corn
24 of the 17,000 most-scanned products in the US with a GoodSwap page list hydrolyzed corn. The 12 most scanned:
- Instant Lunch, Ramen Noodles With Vegetables, Chicken Maruchan · 2.25 oz/64 g Score 28 out of 100 Poor
-
Chicken in a Biskit Original Baked Snack Crackers Nabisco · 212 g Score 17 out of 100 Bad -
Ramen Noodle Soup Creamy Chicken Flavor Maruchan · 3 oz Score 8 out of 100 Bad -
Ramen Noodle Soup Maruchan Instant Lunch Hot & Spicy Chicken Flavor · 2.25 oz Score 9 out of 100 Bad -
Ramen noodle Maruchan · 3 oz (85 g) Score 10 out of 100 Bad -
Ramen noodle soup chicken Maruchan · 18 oz Score 12 out of 100 Bad -
Beef Flavor Ramen Noodle Soup Maruchan Instant Lunch · 2.25 oz Score 11 out of 100 Bad -
Yakisoba Teriyaki Beef Flavor Stir Fry Style Noodles Maruchan · 4 oz Score 0 out of 100 Bad -
Maruchan instant lunch beef ramen noodle baby count Maruchan Score 10 out of 100 Bad -
Ramen pork flavored noodle soup Maruchan · 3 oz/85 g Score 10 out of 100 Bad -
Instant Lunch with Shrimp Maruchan · 2.25 oz Score 11 out of 100 Bad -
Ramen Noodle Soup Maruchan · 2.25 oz/64 g Score 11 out of 100 Bad
Diets and allergens
- Vegan
- Yes
- Vegetarian
- Yes
- Gluten-free
- Yes
For the ingredient in general. Always check the package: a product’s own labels win.
Names GoodSwap recognizes on labels (3)
- hydrolyzed corn
- hydrolysed maize
- hydrolyzed corn starch