it is nearly impossible to purchase any sausage - ground or formed - that does not have corn syrup as a top-five ingredient
  this 4-month old review of the KS Brats shows the ingredient list is now simpler, with dextrose and sugar for sweeteners -
  shoppingwithdave.com
  Kirkland Signature Brats according to a July 2021 ingredient scanner -
   pork, water, and less than 2% of the following: salt,  potassium lactate,  corn syrup, dextrose, spices, monosodium glutamate,  natural flavors,  sodium phosphate, sodium diacetate, lemon juice powder  (maltodextrin, lemon juice solids),  collagen casing. 
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  the only Kroger brand ground or formed sausage that does not contain Corn Syrup is the plain  version of the ground sausage
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  corn syrup can raise blood sugar levels more quickly than other sweeteners:
  " The high glycemic index of High Fructose Corn Syrup in our study does  not support the use of HFCS as a substitute for fructose " -
  pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov       Corn syrup is a food syrup which is made from the starch of corn  and contains  varying amounts of sugars glucose, maltose and higher  oligosaccharides, depending on the grade |