Can I Have Fruit Shortcake Biscuits On Slimming World? Are They Syn-Friendly?

There's nothing quite like settling down for a cuppa tea and a biscuit, and if fruit shortcake biscuits are your favourite, you can happily have them on the slimming world plan as long as your tracking their syns.

Fruit shortcake biscuits typically have 2 syns per biscuit, making them quite low in syns, but we would suggest having them in moderation due to their high sugar content.

Down below in our syn guide, we will take you through how many fruit shortcake biscuits you can eat on slimming world, syn values of different options and some low syn alternatives for a sweet treat.

How Many Fruit Shortcake Biscuits Can I Eat On Slimming World?

At 2 syns per biscuit, you can have up to around 7 fruit shortcake biscuits before using all of your 15 syn daily allowance on the plan, this is thanks to their small size.

Fruit shortcake biscuits are however high in sugar, having 2.5g per biscuit, we, therefore, suggest having them in moderation on the plan.

Syn Values Of Fruit Shortcake Biscuits

Fruit shortcake biscuits can have varying syns according to the brand you choose and their size, so as you can compare syns, we've listed some popular options below.

• McVitie's Fruit Shortcake Biscuits 200g - 2 syns.
•  Crawford's Fruit Shortcake 3 Biscuits Mini Pack 23g - 2 syns.
•  Lidl Tower Gate Fruit Shortcake Biscuits 250g - 2 syns.
•  Hill Biscuits Fruit Shortcake 250g - 1.5 syns.
•  Sainsbury's Sweet Biscuit Assortment 400g Fruit shortcake - 2 syns.
•  Essential Waitrose & Partners Fruit Shortcake Biscuits 200g - 2 syns.
•  SPAR Fruit Shortcake Biscuits 200g - 2 syns.
•  Jack's Fruit Shortcake Biscuits 200g - 2 syns.
•  Tesco Fruit Shortcake Biscuits 250g - 2.5 syns.
•  Asda Chosen by You Fruit Shortcake Biscuits 250g - 2 syns.

Low Syn Alternatives To Fruit Shortcake Biscuits

Although fruit shortcake biscuits are fairly low in syns, there are plenty of other low syn biscuits you can have on the plan too for a sweet treat.

We've listed some options below.

• McVitie's Rich Tea Classic Biscuits 300g - 2 syns.
•  McVitie's Digestives The Original 250g - 3.5 syns.
•  McVitie's Dark Chocolate Digestive Biscuits 266g - 4 syns.
•  McVitie's Jaffa Cakes Original Biscuits 10 Pack - 2.5 syns.
•  Prewett's Chocolate Bourbons 165g - 7 syns.
•  Lemon's Biscuits 100 Mini packs Bourbons - 3.5 syns.
•  Lidl Tower Gate Bourbon Creams 400g - 3.5 syns.
•  McVitie's Tasties Bourbon Creams Biscuits 300g - 3.5 syns.
•  Tesco Wheat Biscuits 24 Pack - 7 syns.
•  Blue Riband Milk Chocolate Wafer Biscuit Bar Multipack 8 Pack - 4 syns.
•  McVitie's Hobnobs Milk Chocolate 262g - 4 syns.
•  Morrisons Bourbon Creams 300g - 3.5 syns.
•  Cadbury Mini Fingers Biscuits Bag 115.8g (6x19.3g) - 5 syns.
•  Love Mallow 6 Pink 'n' Whites Wafers 85g - 2.5 syns.
•  OREO Original Vanilla Sandwich Biscuits 154g - 2.5 syns.
•  McVitie's Ginger Nut Biscuits 250g - 2.5 syns.

Last Words

To conclude, fruit shortcake biscuits are fairly low in syns, having 2 syns per biscuit, this means you can have up to 7 of them on the plan before using all of your 15 syn daily allowance on the plan. We do suggest having these biscuits in moderation though since they are high in sugar.

If you're interested in learning about the syns in other kinds of biscuits, we have the ultimate syn guide here.