Are Croissants High In Syns? - Our Slimming World Syn Guide!

If you are craving a croissant and coffee for breakfast, you might be curious as to how unhealthy these pastries are on the slimming world plan?

Croissants have varying syns according to their ingredients and flavour, on average, you can expect a plain croissant to have anything between 7.5 syns and 15 syns depending on the filling.

We've put together a syn guide below which will discuss why croissants are so high in syns, some varying syn values of them and low syn alternative pastries for a great breakfast treat on a Sunday!

Why Are Croissants So High In Syns?

Having anything between 7.5 syns and 15 syns, croissants are very high in syns, taking up the majority of your daily syn allowance. Croissants get their high syn value from all the sugar and butter in them, for example, one plain butter croissant has 13g of fat and 8g of sugar.

Chocolate croissants or almond croissants are even higher in syns due to the added sugar and ingredients, for example, one chocolate croissant has around 17 syns and a plain croissant has around 12.5 syns.

Syn Values Of Croissants

As we mentioned above, Croissants have a variety of syns according to the type you choose and the flavour of them. To help you stay on track with your syns, we've listed some varying syn values down below.

• Mini Croissant - 6.5 syns for a mini one.
• Lidl Bakery Butter Croissant - 18.5 syns.
• Tesco 8 Croissants - 8 syns.
• Tesco Bakery Chocolate Croissants - 16.5 syns.
• Aldi Bon Appetit! 8 Croissants 320g - 7.5 syns.
• Tesco H.W. Nevill's 8 Croissants - 7.5 syns.
• Lidl Bakery Chocolate & Hazelnut Croissant - 16.5 syns.
• Costa Coffee All Butter Croissant - 12.5 syns.
• Pret Almond Croissant - 18.5 syns.
• Costa Coffee Almond Croissant - 16 syns.
• Aldi Specially Selected 4 All Butter Croissants - 9 syns.
• Pret Chocolate Croissant - 17.5 syns.
• Greggs All Butter Croissant - 14.5 syns.
• M&S The Bakery 4 Reduced Fat All Butter Croissants 160g - 7.5 syns.
• Asda 4 All-Butter Croissants - 8 syns.
• Waitrose Bakery Almond Croissant - 24 syns.
• M&S The Bakery 4 All Butter Croissants 160g - 9 syns.
• Morrisons 6 Croissants 240g - 8.5 syns.
• Starbucks Ham & Cheese Croissant - 23 syns.

Low Syn Alternatives To Croissants

If you find croissants to be too high in syns and you are looking for low syn alternative pastry options, we've got plenty of low syn choices for you to check out below.

• Danish Pastry - 25 syns.
• Costa Coffee Chocolate Twist Pastry - 15 syns.
• Greggs Bacon & Cheese Wrap Pastry - 19 syns.
• Costa Coffee Pain aux Raisin Pastry - 15 syns.
• Costa Coffee Pastel de Nata Pastry - 8.5 syns.
• Waitrose & Partners 12 All Butter Mini Pastries 340g Mini Pains Au Chocolat - 4.5 syns.
• Sainsbury's Bakery 2 Danish Style Raisin Whirls Pastries - 18.5 syns.
• M&S 2 Lemon and Sultana Danish Pastries 190g - 18 syns.
• M&S The Bakery 12 Ready to Bake Mini All Butter Pastries 340g Croissant - 4.5 syns.
• Tesco 6 Mini Danish Pastry Selection 235g - 7.5 syns.
• Sainsbury's 5 Danish Mini Pastry Selection Mini Cinnamon Whirl - 8 syns.
• Costa Coffee Caramel & Pecan Danish Pastry - 15 syns.
• Pret Cinnamon Danish Pastry - 24.5 syns.
• Caffe Nero Cinnamon Swirl Pastry - 22.5 syns.
• Tesco Finest Apple & Blackberry Crumble Danish 2 Pack - 15 syns.
• Maple And Pecan Plait 2 Pack - 18.5 syns.
• Tesco All Butter Pain Au Raisin 2 Pack - 15 syns.
• Brioche Pasquier Pains Au Chocolat 6 Pack - 9.5 syns.
• Tesco Finest Brioche Loaf 400G - 12 syns.

Final Words

Overall, croissants are a very high syn pastry, having up to 15 syns depending on the flavour chosen, to save syns, we suggest sticking with plain croissants which are often the lowest in syns, choosing mini croissants or picking pastries from our low syn alternatives above which start as low as 4.5 syns a serving.