Is Cheese & Broccoli Pasta High In Syns? Can I Have This Pasta On Slimming World?

There's nothing quite like cooking up a bowl of pasta for dinner, the ultimate comfort food, but what about cheese and broccoli pasta, is this meal high in syns on the plan?

Cheese and broccoli pasta has varying syns according to their ingredients, on average, you can expect an 100g portion to have around 6 syns however, making this meal quite high in syns.

We've put together a syn guide below, taking you through why this pasta meal is so high in syns, syn values of different types and a great SW recipe for making your own low syn version at home!

Why Is Cheese & Broccoli Pasta So High In Syns?

At 6 syns for an 100g portion, cheese and broccoli pasta is quite high in syns, consuming nearly half of your 15 syn daily allowance.

Although ingredients vary, this type of pasta gets most of its syns from the cheese which often has a high-fat value, some even have a cream sauce, making them higher in calories.

If you are interested in the syns of the cheese itself, we have a great syn guide here.

Syn Values Of Cheese & Broccoli Pasta

As we mentioned above, cheese and broccoli pasta syns can vary according to how it is made and the serving size, so as we can compare syns, we've listed the values of different options below.

• Batchelors Pasta 'n' Sauce Cheese & Broccoli 99g - 6 syns.
•  Aldi Make in Minutes Pasta & Sauce Cheese & Broccoli Flavour 110g - 6 syns.
•  Mug Shot Pasta Cheese & Broccoli 68g - 6 syns.
•  Asda Cheese & Broccoli Pasta & Sauce 110g - 7 syns.
•  Tesco Cheese & Broccoli Pasta 120g - 6 syns.
•  Lidl Newgate Express Cheese & Broccoli Pasta in Sauce 120g - 14 syns.
•  Batchelors Big Pasta 'n' Sauce Cheese & Broccoli 85g - 4 syns.
•  Asda Just Essentials Cheese & Broccoli Pasta & Sauce 110g - 6 syns.
•  Aldi Make In Minutes Pasta & Sauce Cheese & Broccoli 115g - 12.5 syns.
•  Ragu Cheese & Broccoli Pasta & Sauce 110g - 12 syns.
•  Sainsbury's Kids Cheesy Pasta with Sweetcorn & Broccoli 275g - 6 syns.
•  DOLMIO Pasta & Sauce Cheese & Broccoli 215g - 7.5 syns.
•  Crosse & Blackwell Pasta & Sauce Cheese & Broccoli 110g - 6 syns.

Our Best SW Style Recipe For Cheese & Broccoli Pasta

If you are a lover of cheese and broccoli pasta, but not a lover of the syns, we have a great slimming world recipe for you to check out below which only has 0.5 syns a serving as long as your using the cheese as your healthy extra A!

Ingredients

• 500g of chicken breasts.
•  180g of broccoli.
•  200g of pasta.
•  150g of cauliflower.
•  30g of cheddar and 50g of mozzarella.
•  Two cups of chicken stock.
•  Teaspoon of mustard.
•  Laughing cow triangles.
•  Seasoning.

Method

1. Begin by heating your oven to gas mark 4 then season the chicken breast then fry off on the pan until cooked.
2.  Now cook your pasta then add the cream cheese and mustard into a bowl and combine with the chicken stock.
3.  Pour this sauce into your pan and heat, mix with pasta and pop in the oven for 40 minutes.

Final Words

Overall, cheese and broccoli pasta is high in syns, having 6 syns for a 100g portion, which means you could have up to 200g before using the majority of your 15 syn daily allowance. These pasta meals get their high syn values from high fat ingredients such as cheese.

By making your own cheese and broccoli pasta at home you can keep ingredients syn friendly by using cheese as your healthy extra A for example, if you are interested in the syns in other pasta dishes, we have an excellent syn guide here.