Everyone needs a sweet treat now and then, even if you dieting, which is often why diets slimming world are so successful as they include all food groups, however since Angel delights are not syn free, you have to make sure you are tracking their syns.
Strawberry angel delights, in particular, have 5.5 syns per 92g however this is without milk as prepared which can be used as your healthy extra A if you have a spare allowance.
In our short guide below, we will discuss why Strawberry angle delights are high in syns, the other syn values of angel delights, some lower syn alternatives plus a syn free strawberry angel delight recipe for you to try at home below.
Angel delights tend to be high in syns due to the added sugar inside of them, you can find angel delights with reduced sugar on the market which are slightly lower in syns, for example, they have 4.5 syns per serving, so one syn less than the full-sugar angel delights.
This is not to say you can't enjoy an angel delight now and then but you have to make sure you have enough room in your syn allowance for it. You would need to eat up to three packets of angel delights in order to exceed your daily syn allowance for the day.
When working out the syns for your angel delights you also need to ensure that you are counting in the syns for your milk too, you could also use this as your healthy extra A if you want to save on even more syns.
Since there are plenty of other angel delight flavours out there, it's important to know the syn values for every type you want, we've listed them all out below to help you out.
There are plenty of other low syn alternatives to angel delight if you want to keep healthy on the SW plan, we've bullet-pointed a few below if you are an angel delight lover.
If you are a lover of angel delight then finding out there high in syns can be a little disappointing, but this doesn't mean you couldn't try making your own angel delight at home which is syn free.
We've listed the recipe details down below.
To conclude, there is no reason as to why you can't eat strawberry angel delight on the slimming world plan as long as you budget for it within your syn allowance, you should only aim to have them as a treat now and then however due to their high sugar content.
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