Is Tilda Brown Rice & Quinoa High In Syns?

Microwaveable rice is convenient and easy to make when you need a quick dinner, but these packs have varying syns according to the oil content inside and mixed flavourings.

A pack of Tilda brown rice and quinoa has 3 syns per serving, making it a healthy low syn meal to have as part of your slimming world plan.

In our guide below we will cover if you can eat Tilda microwave rice on the SW plan, which rice is syn free, some other syn values of the Tilda range and low syn microwave rice alternatives.

Can I Eat Tilda Brown Rice & Quinoa On The SW Plan?

Since Tilda brown rice and quinoa are only three syns a serving there is no reason as to why you can't enjoy it as part of your slimming world diet as long as you have room within your daily 15 syn allowances.

This could be served with a chicken dish and some speed veg to keep it low syns.

Which Rice Is Syn Free?

Rice is SYN FREE on the slimming world plan but this has to be boiled in the bag of rice or normal rice, microwaveable rice has an oil content to prevent it from sticking while being cooked, hence the extra syns in the packet.

The less flavouring your packet rice comes with, the lower in syns it will be as it has a lower calorie content.

Tilda Rice Syn Values

Tilda has a huge range of low syn microwaveable rice pouches if you can't get hold of the brown rice and quinoa version, we have listed a few others with their syn values from the range below.

• Tilda Coconut Basmati Rice - 6 syns per pouch.
• Tilda Brown Basmati Rice - 2.5 syns per pouch.
• Tilda Sundried Tomato Steamed Basmati Rice - 3 syns per pouch.
• Tilda Golden Vegetable Basmati Rice - 3.5 syns per pouch.
• Tilda Lemon and Herbs Basmati Rice - 2.5 syns per pouch.
• Tilda Mushroom Steamed Basmati Rice - 3.5 syns per pouch.
• Tilda Wholegrain Brown Basmati Rice with Quinoa, Pumpkin & Sunflower Seeds - 3.5 syns per pouch.
• Tilda Sweet Chilli & Lime Basmati Rice - 2.5 syns per pouch.
• Tilda Pilau Steamed Basmati Rice - 3 syns per pouch.
• Tilda Firecracker Hot & Spicy Rice - 3.5 syns per pouch.
• Tilda Pure Basmati Steamed Rice - 2 syns per pouch.
• Tilda Brown Basmati & Wild Rice - 2.5 syns per pouch.
• Tilda Egg Fried Steamed Basmati Rice - 3 syns per pouch.
• Tilda Lime and Coriander Steamed Basmati Rice - 3 syns per pouch.
• Tilda Plain Rice - SYN FREE.
• Tilda Vegetable Biryani Steamed Basmati Rice - 3.5 syns per pouch.
• Tilda Coconut, Chilli & Lemongrass Basmati Rice - 7 syns per pouch.
• Tilda Aromatic Spices Steamed Basmati Rice - 3 syns per pouch.
• Tilda Caribbean Rice and Peas - 5 syns per pouch.
• Tilda Wholegrain Brown Basmati Rice - 2.5 syns per pouch.
• Tilda Peri Peri Rice - 2.5 syns per pouch.
• Tilda Pulses and Rice Steamed Basmati Rice with Chickpeas, Harissa & Lemon - 2.5 syns per pouch.
• Tilda Wholegrain Brown Basmati Rice with Roasted Vegetables - 3.5 syns per pouch.
• Tilda Mexican Bean & Chilli Steamed Basmati Rice - 4.5 syns per pouch.
• Tilda Pulses and Rice Wholegrain Basmati Rice with Black Beans, Jerk & Coconut - 3 syns per pouch.
• Tilda Pure Original Basmati Rice, Cook in the Bag - SYN FREE.
• Tilda Pulses and Rice Wholegrain Basmati Rice with Edamame Beans, Spring Onion & Wasabi - 3 syns per pouch.
• Tilda Pulses and Rice Steamed Basmati Rice with Pinto Beans, Green Chilli & Lime - 3.5 syns per pouch.
• Tilda Pulses and Rice Wholegrain Basmati Rice with Split Peas, Green Chilli & Coriander - 3 syns per pouch.

Low Syn Alternatives To Tilda Brown Rice & Quinoa

If you can't find Tilda's rice near you or you want a lower syn alternative, we have listed a few other microwaveable rice packets with their syn values down below to help you out.

• Sainsbury's ready in two minutes Thai rice - 3 syns per 250g.
• Uncle bens special mushroom rice - 2.5 syns per 250g.
• Uncle bens tomato and basil rice - 4 syns per 250g.
• Sainsbury's ready in two minutes brown rice - 2 syns per 250g.
• Sainsbury's ready in two minutes basmati rice - 3 syns per 250g.
• Sainsbury's ready in two minutes mushroom rice - 3 syns per 250g.
• Morrisons basmati rice - 1.5 syns per 250g.
• Morrisons Mexican rice - 1 syn per 250g.
• Sainsbury's ready in two minutes white rice - 1.5 syns per 250g.
• Uncle bens golden vegetable rice - 2.5 syns per 250g.

Final Words

Overall, Tilda brown rice and quinoa pack is relatively low in syns and make a convenient addition to a quick and healthy dinner when you are short on time. If you want to save even more syns we suggest sticking with plain boil in the bag rice or choosing plain flavoured rice packs.