Does Soya Milk Have Syns On The Slimming World Plan? - Our Syn Guide

If you are lactose intolerant or simply prefer the taste of plant-based kinds of milk like soya milk to regular milk, you might be wondering if you have to count syns by using this milk as an alternative on the plan.

Soya milk is syn free up to 400ml on the plan as long as you are using it as your healthy extra A dairy allowance, making it a great option for coffees and smoothies when you need extra protein, above this allowance, you will then have to syn it at 1 syn for 40ml or 0.5 syns for the unsweetened types.

To find out more about the syns in this plant-based milk, we've made a short syn guide below taking you through how much soya milk you can have on SW, syn values, which milks count as your healthy extra A and some low syn alternatives.

How Much Soya Milk Can I Drink On Slimming World?

At 1 syns or 0.5 syns for 40 ml, you could have up to around two and a half cups of sweetened soya milk on the plan before using all your daily syn allowance or around double this for their unsweetened version, making it a great low syn drink choice.

However, as we mentioned above, you can also have up to 400ml of soya milk syn free on the plan when using it as your healthy extra A dairy allowance thanks to the protein, anything over this you will then have to syn it on the plan.

Soya Milk Syn Values

If you are not using soya milk as your healthy extra A, you will then have to syn it, we've listed some varying syn values of soya milk down below to help you out.

• Alpro Soya Longlife Chocolate Shakes 3X250ml - 7.5 syns.
• Alpro Organic Soya Longlife Drink Alternative 1L - 1.5 syns.
• Alpro Soya Vanilla Drink 1 Litre - 3 syns.
• Tesco Longlife Soya Drink Sweetened 1Ltr - 5.5 syns.
• Tesco Longlife Unsweetened Soya Milk Alternative 1L - 5 syns.
• Alpro Soya Chilled Drink 1 Litre - 2 syns.
• Growers Harvest Unsweetened Soya Drink 1L - 3.5 syns.
• Alpro Junior Growing Up Soya Drink 1Ltr - 3 syns for 100ml.
• Alpro Soya No Sugars Chilled Drink 1 Litre - 1.5 syns.
• Alpro Plant Protein Original Soya Drink 1L - 5.5 syns.
• Tesco Organic Longlife Soya Drink Unsweetened 1Ltr - 4 syns.
• Alpro My Cuppa Soya Drink 750Ml - 1 syn.
• Alpro Soya Chocolate Chilled Drink 1 Litre - 3.5 syns.
• Alpro Strawberry Strawberry Shake 3X250ml - 7 syns.
• Aldi Acti Leaf Unsweetened Soya Milk 1 Litre - 4 syns a cup.
• Lidl Just Free Soya Unsweetened Milk Alternative 1 litre - 4 syns.
• Sainsbury's Unsweetened Soya 1L - 1.5 syns for 100ml.
• Sainsbury's Sweetened Soya 1L - 2 syns for 100ml.
• Asda Smart Price Unsweetened Soya 1 Litre - 1 syn for 100ml.

Which Milks Count As Your Healthy Extra A?

Since 400ml of soya milk counts as your healthy extra A, you might be wondering if any other plant-based milks can also count towards this dairy allowance on the plan, we've listed some options down below.

• Soya Milk (400ml)
• UHT Semi-Skimmed Milk (250ml)
• Whole goats milk (200ml)
• Almond Milk, Unsweetened (400ml)
• Whole Oat Drink (200ml)
• UHT Whole Milk (200ml)
• Skimmed Milk (350ml)
• Skinny Oat Drink (350ml)
• Semi Skimmed Oat Drink (275ml)
• Rice milk (225ml)
• Coconut Drink (400ml)
• Whole Milk (200ml)
• Semi-skimmed milk (250ml)
• Skimmed goats milk (400ml)
• 1% fat milk (300ml)

Low Syn Alternatives To Soya Milk

If you find soya milk to be too high in syns, or maybe you are not keen on it in your coffee or cereal, we've got a list of alternative low-syn plant-based milks for you to check out down below.

• Oatly Oat Drink Whole 1 Litre - 3 syns.
• Oatly Organic Longlife Drink Alternative 1L - 4 syns.
• Oatly Oat Drink Barista Edition 1 Litre - 3 syns.
• Alpro Long Life Oat Drink 1 Litre - 2 syns.
• Alpro Oat No Sugars Long Life Drink 1L - 2 syns.
• Alpro Almond No Sugars Long Life Drink 1 Litre - 1.5 syns.
• Alpro Barista Oat Long Life Drink 1 Litre - 3 syns.
• Koko Dairy Free Original Plus Calcium Longlife 1Litre - 1.5 syns.
• Alpro Oat No Sugars Chilled Drink 1 Litre - 2 syns.
• Oatly Skinny Oat Drink 1L - 2 syns.
• Califia Farms Oat Barista Blend 1Ltr - 3 syns for 100ml.
• Minor Figures Organic Barista Oat Drink 1L - 2 syns for 100ml.
• Good Hemp Creamy Seed Drink 1 Litre - 1.5 syns.
• Alpro Coconut Chilled Drink 1 Litre - 1 syn.
• Almond Breeze Unsweetened Fresh Drink 1 Litre - 1.5 syns.
• Alpro Coconut No Sugars Chilled Drink 1 Litre - 1.5 syns.
• Tesco Oat Drink 1L - 6 syns.
• Plenish Organic & Unsweetened Coconut Milk 1L - 1.5 syns.
• Alpro Barista Coconut Drink 1L - 1.5 syns.

Final Words

Overall, soya milk is a very low syn plant based drink, at just 1 syn for 40 ml or 0.5 syns for an unsweetened version, you could also have up to 400ml of it as your healthy extra dairy allowance on the plan.