Are Bananas Syn-Free on Slimming World? The Answer & Delicious Recipes

Fruit is typically recommended on most diets as an alternative for sweet snacks, but did you know not all fruit is syn free on the slimming world plan? 

Bananas, in particular, are syn free on the slimming world but do have syns once mashed, after mashing you’ll find that you need to syn them at; 4 syns for a small banana, 5 syns for a medium banana and 5.5 syns for a large banana mashed.

To find out more about why mashed bananas have syns on slimming world, some syn values of different banana foods, which fruits are syn free and how to use bananas in SW recipes we’ve put together a guide with everything you need to know below.

Why Do Mashed Bananas Have Syns? 

Since bananas as a whole fruit are syn free on the slimming world, you might be confused to find out that mashed bananas have syns, this is because SW argues they are easier to overeat once mashed than when they are in their whole form. 

We would also recommend eating bananas in moderation since they are high in sugar, with a medium banana having up to 14g of sugar, although this is naturally sourced, moderation is key. 

Syn Values Of Bananas 

To help you understand which kinds of bananas do and do not have syns, we’ve listed some related products containing bananas along with their syn values below.

• Banana Chips - 3.5 syns for 13g. 
• Banana whole - SYN FREE.
• Soreen Banana Lunchbox Loaf 30g - 5 syns.
• Banana mashed - Small 4 syns/ Medium 5 syns / Large 5.5 syns. 
• Banana bread - 6.5 syns a slice.
• Banana muffin - 15 syns.
• Banana sliced - SYN FREE.

Which Fruits Are Syn Free On Slimming World? 

The majority of fruits are syn free on the slimming world, with only some having syns or syns when dried/mashed, you’ll also find that some fruit is classed as speed fruit which can help to speed up weight loss.

We’ve listed which ones have syns and are syn free down below to help you stay on track.

• Avocado - 9.5 syns. 
• Mango - 3 syn per 100g.
• Passion fruit - 2 syn per 100g. 
• Dried fruits - Synned. 

Syn Free Fruit 

• Grapefruit  
• Melon 
• Nectarines
• Oranges
• Pears
• Pineapple
• Plums 
• Raspberries 
• Satsuma
• Strawberries
• Tangerines 

Our Favourite SW Banana Recipes 

If you’ve got some ripe bananas lying around and don’t want to put them to waste, there are plenty of low syn SW recipes to make with them, we’ve listed two favourites down below, one for banana bread and the other for a muffin! 

Slimming World Banana Bread

This slimming world banana bread has 7 syns a serving or one healthy extra B and 1.5 syns for fibre, the whole bread makes 3 mini loaves. 

Ingredients 

• Two eggs. 
• 120g of oats. 
• Pinch of baking powder. 
• 15g of raisins. 
• 50g of long sliced bananas. 
• Six spoons of fat-free natural yoghurt.
• Pinch of cinnamon. 
• Six spoons of sweetener.

Method

1. To begin, blend the oats up in a processor to make flour while heating the oven to gas mark 4.
2. Mix a pinch of salt, raisins, baking powder and cinnamon in a bowl then take another bowl and combine the yoghurt, sweetener and egg. 
3. Combine with the oat mix. 
4. Grease your mini loaf trays then spread the mix inside, top with your slices of banana and bake for about 40 minutes, serve with more yoghurt!

Slimming World Banana Muffin

This banana muffin recipe has just 3 syns a muffin and makes nine from the recipe. 

Ingredients 

• 15g of dark chocolate chips. 
• 100g of flour. 
• 100g of banana.
• Three eggs. 
• Pinch of baking soda. 
• Pinch of baking powder. 
• Half a cup of sweetener granulated. 

Method 

1. Start by heating the oven to gas mark 4 then add your baking powder and soda plus flour to a bowl and combine, mash together the sweetener and banana in another bowl while whisking in the eggs. 
2. Mix the wet ingredients into your dry until combined then add the chocolate. 
3. Spray your muffin tray, fill it evenly with the mix and bake for 25 minutes.

Last Words

Overall, banana is a syn free fruit on the slimming world, but only when eaten as a whole fruit, once mashed the banana will have syns according to size, for example, a small banana will have around 4 syns.

To save syn we recommend having sliced bananas only or switching to a syn free fruit, saying that you can still make some excellent low syn recipes out of bananas following our recipes above!