Glucose-fructose syrup

About

Glucose-fructose syrup is not a substance of its own but the name an EU label must carry for a glucose syrup — the purified, concentrated aqueous solution of nutritive saccharides obtained from starch and/or inulin defined in point 7 of Part A of the Annex to Council Directive 2001/111/EC — once its fructose exceeds 5 % on a dry matter basis while glucose remains the larger component. Where fructose predominates instead, the same directive requires the name fructose-glucose syrup, so the two denominations are one rule read in two directions and are kept as separate pages here rather than merged.^[1] It is accordingly the European name for the sweetener the United States calls high fructose corn syrup: EU manufacturers make it from wheat as well as maize, and the grades sold there run roughly 20 to 30 % fructose against the 42 % and 55 % usual in America.^[2] German labels print it "Glucose-Fructosesirup", second after water in Feldschlösschen Malz Klassik.^[3][4]

EU sugar-regime law calls the same commodity isoglucose, defining it in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 as the product obtained from glucose or its polymers with at least 10 % fructose in the dry state — a different threshold from the 5 % that triggers the labelling name, and the reason the two words are not interchangeable in legal text.^[5] Its EU production quota, capped at 720,000 tonnes, was abolished on 1 October 2017.^[2] No allergen is recorded: wheat-based glucose syrups including dextrose, and glucose syrups based on barley, are excepted from the cereals-containing-gluten entry of Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011, so a syrup from those cereals carries no allergen declaration.^[6] The definition admits only starch or inulin and the enzymes used to hydrolyse and isomerise them, with no animal input, which is the basis for the vegan and vegetarian values above.^[1]

Products (2)

ProductCategoryBarcode

Feldschlösschen Malz Klassik 0.5 l Feldschlösschen · 500 ml Chocolate/Cocoa/Malt - Ready to Drink 4011020012351 Paola Malina syrop o smaku malinowym 430 ml Paola · 430 ml Fruit Juice Drinks - Not Ready to Drink (Shelf Stable) 5900805000876

Relations

• Contains Fructose^[1] sourced
  More than 5 % fructose on a dry matter basis; below that threshold the syrup is simply labelled glucose syrup
• Contains Glucose^[1] sourced
  The glucose component must be in greater proportion than the fructose component, which is what puts glucose first in the name
• Derived from Starch^[1] sourced
  Point 7 of Part A of the Annex defines the underlying glucose syrup as obtained from starch and/or inulin; the denomination names no crop, and EU makers use wheat as well as maize
• Is a kind of Glucose syrup^[1] sourced
  Article 2 point 5 leaves such a syrup under the point 7 glucose syrup denomination and only changes the name the label must carry
• Synonym of High fructose corn syrup in European Union^[2] sourced
  Reciprocal of the row on the high fructose corn syrup page: the EU calls the same isomerised starch syrup isoglucose or glucose-fructose syrup, and makes it from wheat as well as corn

Referenced by

• Also known as High fructose corn syrup in European Union sourced
  The European Union calls the same isomerised starch syrup isoglucose or glucose-fructose syrup, and makes it from wheat as well as corn

Also known as

• Glucose-Fructosesirup de

References

1. ↑ legislation.gov.uk: Council Directive 2001/111/EC relating to certain sugars intended for human consumption The National Archives. registry. Published 2001-12-20. Accessed 2026-09-15. Record: 2001/111/EC. Article 2 point 5; Annex Part A, points 7 and 8.
2. ↑ Wikipedia: High-fructose corn syrup Wikipedia. publication. Accessed 2026-09-15. Lede; European Union. cc-by-sa-4.0. Wikipedia contributors.
3. ↑ Back label of the 0.5 l bottle: panel, ingredients, operator, barcode, best before 13.02.27 Open Food Facts contributors. pack. Published 2025-09-24. Accessed 2026-09-14. Record: 4011020012351. Upload 5; the same label on uploads 2, 3 and 4. CC BY-SA 3.0. Open Food Facts contributors.
4. ↑ Open Food Facts: Feldschlösschen Malz Klassik, 0,5 l (ingredient statement, last modified 2026-03-26) Open Food Facts. catalogue. Accessed 2026-09-15. Record: 4011020012351. ingredients_text. ODbL. Open Food Facts contributors.
5. ↑ legislation.gov.uk: Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, Annex II, technical definitions concerning the sugar sector The National Archives. registry. Published 2013-12-17. Accessed 2026-09-15. Record: 1308/2013. Annex II, Part II, Section A, point 3.
6. ↑ legislation.gov.uk: Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011, Annex II, substances or products causing allergies or intolerances The National Archives. registry. Published 2011-10-25. Accessed 2026-09-15. Record: 1169/2011. Annex II, point 1(a) and (c).