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)
How this figure was derived
- Read from
- ~260 kcal / 100 ml (1:1)
- Energy density
- 260 kcal / 100 ml
- Basis
- Per 100 ml — a volume. Applying it to a weight would be wrong.
- Example, at 30 ml
- 260 kcal / 100 ml × 30 ml ÷ 100 = ≈ 78 kcal
A planning figure, not a laboratory analysis. It is here so a recipe can be reasoned about, not so it can be declared on a menu.
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 alcohol-free drinks
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.