If you are after a quick and easy meal, Pukka pies are a great option for lunch or dinner, but since these pies are not syn free on the SW plan you need to ensure your tracking the syns in them in order for them not to affect your weight loss.
Pukka pies typically have between 12.5 syns and 17.5 syns on the SW plan for half a pie, making them very high in syns, we therefore only suggest having these pies occasionally on the plan when your syns allow.
To find out more about the syns in Pukka pies, we've put together a syn guide below taking you through why Pukka pies are so high in syns, syn values of them and some low syn alternative pies for a quick meal.
At 12.5 - 17.5 syns for half a pie, Pukka pies are very high in syns on slimming world, consuming the majority of your 15 syn daily allowance.
These pies get their high syn value from their various fillings which can make them high in fat such as butter in the pastry, for example, one Pukka steak pie has up to 25 syns and up to 28g of fat inside.
Pukka pies have a large range of pies with different flavours, to help you compare the syns in these pies, we've listed a few of their options down below along with their syn values.
If you are a lover of pie for dinner or want to stock up on some pies for an easy meal, there are plenty of low-syn alternatives to pukka pies if you want to avoid spending too many syns.
To conclude, Pukka pies are very high in syns having between 12-17 syns for half a pie serving and up to 32 syns for the whole pie, these pies are quite high in fat due to the pastry and ingredients which is what gives them their high syn values.
In order to save syns, we suggest sticking with a half pie serving only or switching to low syn alternatives which start as low as 8.5 syns.
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