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Rice is made up of mostly Starch (Pretty Sure) So ya... It's about 80% Fermentable 1 cup of it vs 3/4 cup of Sugar of any kind or 1 cup of DME Although, it might not be the Best Choice for Priming your Batch It might also not cause Carbonation as well.

I also plan to make a Malt Based Birch Beer next Fall, and from Scratch And a Diet Cream Soda from Soda Extract next Summer (Using Xylitol and Dextrose, Xylitol is about 90% the Sweetness of Sucrose and Dextrose is about 60% as sweet. 6 cups of Xylitol to 2 cups of Dextrose)...

But if you want to you can. I don't see anything wrong with it. It will be Neutral as far as Flavor goes. Corn Syrup is also used in Pharmeceuticals, such as Ricola cough drops. For the love of pete... it's made from Corn (HFCS), lol, so it isn't THAT bad. But regarding Artificial...

No... And no again... My old man is a Chemist, and Corn Syrup and High Fructose Corn Syrup are very different. Karo Corn Syrup isn't that fermentable, or sweet. It's Starch Syrup. :p High Fructose Corn Syrup is the same as Sucrose/'Table Sugar' as far as Calories go. It's about 1.3x...