Best Sugar-Free Maple Syrup (2026): 6 Brands Compared by Net Carbs and Price

Sugar-free maple syrups use very different sweeteners. That changes net carbs, texture, and price from bottle to bottle. We compared six brands on their nutrition labels and ingredient lists, not marketing copy, so you can pick the right one.

Key takeaways

• ChocZero's Sugar Free Maple Syrup has the cleanest label of the six. It lists just soluble corn fiber, maple flavor, caramel color, and monk fruit extract. It has no sugar alcohols.
• Four of the six brands use a sugar alcohol. Lakanto uses erythritol, Nature's Hollow uses xylitol, Mrs. Butterworth's Sugar Free uses sorbitol, and Wholesome Yum uses vegetable glycerin.
• Wholesome Yum's label lists 28g of total carbohydrate per 30 mL serving. Almost all of that is allulose. The brand's own math puts net carbs at 2g, because the FDA lets allulose be left off the sugars line.
• Price per ounce ranges from $0.15 for Mrs. Butterworth's Sugar Free to $1.33 for Wholesome Yum. Ingredient quality and price move in opposite directions here.
• Nature's Hollow's label carries a may-contain-nuts warning. That matters if you're baking for a tree nut allergy.
• None of the six syrups list wheat among their ingredients.

How we ranked these

We ranked each syrup on facts printed on its label or listed by the manufacturer. That means net carbs per serving, the full ingredient list, any certifications on the product page, bottle format, and price per ounce at the retailer we checked. We did not taste or bake with any of these products. When we describe how a syrup might behave in a recipe, we say whether that's the manufacturer's claim or a prediction based on the sweetener's known chemistry.

Sugar-free maple syrup brands compared

Brand	Serving	Net carbs	Main sweetener	Sugar alcohol?	Price/oz	Buy
ChocZero Sugar Free Maple Syrup	1 tbsp	1g	Monk fruit extract	No	$0.86	Check price →
Lakanto Sugar Free Maple Syrup	2 tbsp	1g	Erythritol + monk fruit	Yes (erythritol)	$0.85	Check price →
Nature's Hollow Sugar Free Syrup	2 tbsp	0g	Xylitol	Yes (xylitol)	$0.79	Check price →
Wholesome Yum Zero Sugar Maple Syrup	2 tbsp	2g (brand claim)	Allulose + monk fruit	Glycerin (a polyol)	$1.33	Check price →
Walden Farms Pancake Syrup	2 tbsp	0g	Sucralose	No	$0.50	Check price →
Mrs. Butterworth's Sugar Free	1/4 cup	0g	Aspartame + acesulfame potassium	Yes (sorbitol)	$0.15	Check price →

ChocZero Sugar Free Maple Syrup

ChocZero is our top pick. It's the only syrup here with no sugar alcohol on the label. A 1-tablespoon serving has 32 calories, 15g of total carbohydrate, and 1g of net carbs. The ingredient list is short: soluble corn fiber, maple flavor, caramel color, and monk fruit extract. Soluble corn fiber, also called resistant dextrin, supplies most of the carbohydrate count. It isn't digested the way sugar is. That's why net carbs stay low. A 10.5 fl oz bottle costs $8.99, or $0.86 per ounce. ChocZero's product page calls the syrup keto-friendly, gluten-free, and vegan. It carries no third-party certification badge.

ChocZero skips sugar alcohols entirely. Its chemistry predicts it won't recrystallize the way erythritol or xylitol can in baked goods as they cool. That's a prediction from the ingredients, not a texture we observed.

Lakanto Sugar Free Maple Syrup

Lakanto's label lists 10 calories and 2g of total carbohydrate per 2-tablespoon serving, with 1g of fiber and 0g of total sugars. The ingredient list starts with purified water, then erythritol, tapioca fiber, vegetable glycerin, and real maple syrup. That means this bottle isn't 100% sugar-free by ingredient. It's just very low in carbs per serving. A 13 fl oz bottle runs $10.99, or about $0.85 per ounce.

Erythritol is a sugar alcohol. Its chemistry predicts a cooling sensation on the tongue. It also predicts a risk of recrystallizing into gritty crystals, the same behavior documented for erythritol elsewhere, if you reduce the syrup or refrigerate it. That's a chemistry-based prediction, not a taste test. Skip this bottle if you're sensitive to sugar alcohols.

Nature's Hollow Sugar Free Syrup

Nature's Hollow reaches 0g of net carbs per 2-tablespoon serving using xylitol as its only sweetener. That serving has 9g of sugar alcohol. The label lists 25 calories and 9g of total carbohydrate. Ingredients are water, xylitol, syrup pectin, xanthan gum, natural maple flavor, citric acid, and fruit juice coloring. An 8 fl oz bottle costs $6.29, or $0.79 per ounce. That's one of the better prices per ounce here.

Two flags matter for this bottle. The product page carries a may-contain-nuts warning, so skip it if you're baking for a tree nut allergy. Xylitol, like other sugar alcohols, can also cause a laxative effect in large amounts. The brand prints that caution on its own label.

Wholesome Yum Zero Sugar Maple Syrup

Wholesome Yum's label is the hardest of the six to read correctly. A 30 mL serving lists 20 calories, 28g of total carbohydrate, 0g of fiber, and 0g of total sugars. That 28g is almost entirely allulose. The FDA lets manufacturers exclude allulose from total and added sugars on a label. It allows a 0.4-calorie-per-gram factor instead of the usual 4. On that basis, Wholesome Yum's own marketing lists net carbs as 2g per serving. Ingredients are a monk fruit allulose blend, vegetable glycerin, and natural flavors. A 12 fl oz bottle costs $15.99, the highest price per ounce here at $1.33.

Allulose browns and caramelizes faster than table sugar. It's a reducing sugar, so it reacts with amino acids more readily, a difference covered in more depth for allulose in general baking use. Say a home baker swaps this syrup 1:1 for real maple syrup in a batch of blondies. The label's 0g fiber, next to ChocZero's fiber-heavy formula, suggests a thinner pour. The faster browning chemistry suggests the edges could darken sooner than the recipe's bake time expects. That's a hypothetical, not a tested result.

Walden Farms Pancake Syrup

Walden Farms is the only zero-calorie option in this roundup. The label shows 0 calories, under 1g of total carbohydrate, and 0g of net carbs per 2-tablespoon serving. It's sweetened with sucralose, not a sugar alcohol. The rest of the ingredient list is mostly water plus cellulose, xanthan, and guar gum for thickness. It also lists natural and artificial flavors. A 12 fl oz bottle is $5.99, or $0.50 per ounce.

This bottle carries almost no carbohydrate of any kind. Its chemistry predicts it won't caramelize or brown the way a sugar-based syrup does. That's a prediction from the ingredient list, not a baking test.

Mrs. Butterworth's Sugar Free

Mrs. Butterworth's Sugar Free lists 20 calories per 1/4-cup serving. Total carbohydrate is 8g, all of it from sorbitol, a sugar alcohol. Total sugars are 0g and net carbs come out to 0g. The ingredient list is the longest of the six: water, sorbitol, cellulose gum, salt, caramel color, phosphoric acid, aspartame, natural and artificial flavor, several preservatives, acesulfame potassium, corn syrup, molasses, and neotame. Corn syrup and molasses appear despite the sugar-free label. They're most likely in amounts small enough to round to 0g of sugar per serving. This syrup also contains aspartame, so the label carries a phenylalanine warning for people with PKU. A 24 fl oz bottle lists for $3.49 at one grocery retailer. That's $0.15 per ounce, by far the lowest price here.

Who should buy sugar-free maple syrup, and who should skip it

Buy ChocZero or Walden Farms if you want to avoid sugar alcohols entirely. That matters for digestive comfort, or if a recipe already uses erythritol elsewhere. Buy Lakanto or Wholesome Yum if you want real maple syrup or monk fruit in the flavor, and don't mind their carb counts. Buy Nature's Hollow if price per ounce matters most and you don't need a nut-free kitchen.

Skip sugar-alcohol syrups if you or someone you're baking for is sensitive to erythritol, xylitol, or sorbitol. All three can cause digestive upset in some people at typical serving sizes. Skip Nature's Hollow specifically if you're baking for a tree nut allergy, given its own may-contain-nuts warning. If net carbs aren't a concern at all, a straight real maple syrup swap for granulated sugar may serve you better. It brings a flavor these substitutes only approximate. See our breakdown of what changes when you use real maple syrup as a refined sugar substitute.

Frequently asked questions

Is sugar-free maple syrup keto-friendly?

Most brands in this roundup are marketed as keto-friendly. Net carbs run 0-2g per serving on their own labels. Check the net carb figure on your specific bottle, since serving sizes range from 1 tablespoon to 1/4 cup across brands.

Does sugar-free maple syrup contain sugar alcohols?

Four of the six brands we checked do. Lakanto uses erythritol, Nature's Hollow uses xylitol, Mrs. Butterworth's Sugar Free uses sorbitol, and Wholesome Yum uses vegetable glycerin. ChocZero and Walden Farms use monk fruit extract and sucralose instead, with no sugar alcohol listed. See our guide to sugar alcohols in baking for more on how these sweeteners behave.

Can I bake with sugar-free maple syrup?

These syrups are formulated mainly as toppings. Manufacturers don't publish baking-specific ratios for most of them. Erythritol- and xylitol-based versions carry a documented risk of recrystallizing once baked goods cool. That's based on how those sugar alcohols behave chemically, so a topping use is the safer bet unless a brand states a baking ratio.

What's the cheapest sugar-free maple syrup?

Mrs. Butterworth's Sugar Free was the least expensive per ounce among the six we checked. It runs $0.15 per ounce for a 24 fl oz bottle priced at $3.49. Walden Farms was the next cheapest, at $0.50 per ounce.

Is allulose the same as sugar alcohol?

No. Allulose is a rare sugar, not a sugar alcohol, though it behaves similarly since it isn't fully metabolized by the body. The FDA allows allulose to be left off a label's sugars line, while still counting it in total carbohydrate. That's why Wholesome Yum's label can show 28g of total carbohydrate next to a brand-calculated net carb count of 2g. See our guide to allulose syrup brands for more on how it's labeled elsewhere.

Sources

• ChocZero Sugar Free Maple Syrup product page
• ChocZero Sugar Free Maple Syrup, Amazon listing
• Lakanto Sugar Free Syrup label and price, Netrition
• Lakanto Sugar Free Maple Syrup, Amazon listing
• Nature's Hollow Sugar Free Syrup label and price, Netrition
• Nature's Hollow Sugar Free Maple Syrup, Amazon listing
• Wholesome Yum Zero Sugar Maple Syrup label and price, Netrition
• Wholesome Yum Zero Sugar Maple Syrup, Amazon listing
• Walden Farms Sugar Free Original Pancake Syrup product page
• Mrs. Butterworth's Sugar Free Syrup nutrition facts, MyFoodDiary
• Mrs. Butterworth's Sugar Free Syrup price, ShopRite
• FDA guidance: Declaration of Allulose and Calories from Allulose on Nutrition and Supplement Facts Labels
• Icon Foods: allulose's faster browning chemistry