Are Cheerios Slimming World Friendly? - Our Guide!

If you are looking for a slimming world healthy breakfast or maybe a quick snack, you might be curious as to how many syns cheerios have on the slimming world?

Well, for 30g of cheerios, you can expect to spend around 6 syns, for honey cheerios a 30g portion will also cost you 6 syns, making it a very high syn cereal which should be consumed within moderation. 

In our guide below, we will explore why Cheerios are so high in syns, some syn values of their range as well as some similar low syn cereals to keep you on track with your slimming world diet.

Why Are 30g Of Honey Cheerios So High In Syns?

At 6 syns for a 30g portion, Cheerios are very high in syns, just two portions would come to 12 syns which is nearly your whole daily syn allowance. Cheerios are high in syns due to their sugar content, with honey cheerios having up to 7g of sugar a portion.

This doesn't mean you can't enjoy an occasional bowl of Cheerios as a treat, however, but make sure to have them in moderation, weighing out your portion rather than guessing in order to stay on track with your syns.

Syn Values Of Cheerios

Cheerios cereal all have a similar syn value no matter the type that you buy, but to help you compare, we've listed all their syn values down below.

• Cheerios Multigrain 375g - 6 syns.
• Cheerios Honey 565g - 6 syns.
• Cheerios Vanilla Flavoured O's 360g - 5.5 syns.
• Cheerios Chocolatey 450g - 6 syns.
• Cheerios Organic Delicious Honey & Chocolate 330g - 6.5 syns.
• Cheerios Less than 5% Sugar Oat 325g - 6 syns.
• Cheerios Cinnamon Oat Crisp 440g - 8 syns for 40g serving.

Low Syn Alternatives To Cheerios

If you find Cheerios to be too high in syns and you are looking for a low syn alternative, we've got some similar low syn options for you to check out below.

• Aldi Harvest Morn Crunchy Honey Nut Cornflakes 500g - 8 syns.
• Kellogg's Special K Oats & Honey Cereal 420g - 6 syns.
• Kellogg's Crunchy Nut Honey & Nut Clusters Cereal 450g - 10 syns.
• Graze Protein Oat Boosts Cereal Bars Honey 4 x 30g - 7 syns.
• Aldi Harvest Morn Oats & Honey Benefit Cereal 450g - 5.5 syns.
• Dorset Cereals Honey Granola 500g - 12 syns.
• Lidl Crownfield Honey Hoops Cereal 375g - 6 syns.
• Weetos Chocolate Hoops Cereal 500g - 6 syns.
• Aldi Harvest Morn Choco Hoops Cereal 375g - 6 syns.
• Aldi Harvest Morn Fruit Hoops Cereal 350g - 6 syns.
• Oreo O's Cereal 350g - 6 syns.
• Nature's Path Gluten Free O's Cereal 325g - 6.5 syns.
• Kellogg's Honey Loops Cereal 375g - 6 syns.
• Quaker Kids Oatie Mix-Up Honey Cereal 400g - 6.5 syns.
• Jack's Honey Loops Cereals 375g - 6 syns.

Last Words

To conclude, 30g of cheerios and cheerios honey flavours are both very high in syns coming in at 6 syns for a portion, which is nearly half of your daily syn allowance, the majority of these syns come from the sugar in the cereal, having up to 7g of sugar for a portion.

In order to keep on track with your syns, we suggest weighing out your portion of your cheerios to ensure you are not having more syns than you think, you should also use your milk as your healthy extra A dairy allowance to reduce the syns in your breakfast.