Simple / gomme syrup

Brix: ~50–66 °Bx (1:1 to 2:1 sugar:water) (planning figure — the product label is the final reference)

Energy: ~260 kcal / 100 ml (1:1) (planning figure — the product label is the final reference)

Shelf life: House-made 1:1: about 2–4 weeks refrigerated. A richer 2:1 keeps longer.

Storage: Refrigerated in a sanitized, dated, sealed bottle.

• Sweetening iced drinks and lemonades
• The base for house flavoured syrups and shrubs
• Balancing acidity in zero-proof mocktails

Dissolve equal weights of sugar and water over gentle heat, stirring — never boil; boiling concentrates the ratio and drifts the flavour. Cool, bottle in a sanitized, dated bottle, refrigerate. Discard on cloudiness, yeasty smell, bubbles or mould — and discard any unlabelled bottle on sight.

Pure added sugar. WHO guidance keeps added sugars under 10% of daily energy, ideally under 5%, so syrup volume is worth counting.

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