How Many Syns in Frylight Cooking Spray?

Frylight is the closest thing Slimming World has to a magic wand for anyone trying to slim down without sacrificing the comfort of fried food. A one-second spritz delivers roughly a calorie of oil, so a typical pan-cooking session adds only a handful of calories rather than the hundreds you'd rack up glugging sunflower or olive oil straight from the bottle. That is precisely why Frylight, and the wider family of low-calorie cooking sprays, is classified as a Free Food on the plan: you can use it generously without counting a single Syn, provided you stick to the recommended spritzes rather than dousing the pan.

The range itself is broad, which is genuinely useful when you're cooking your way through a week of Food Optimising. Sunflower is the workhorse for everyday fry-ups, omelettes and stir-fries; olive is lovely for Mediterranean traybakes and roasted vegetables; rapeseed handles higher heats well for searing chicken or steak; coconut suits curries and bakes; and the butter and garlic varieties bring instant flavour to scrambled eggs, jacket potatoes and chicken breasts without the Syn cost of real butter or infused oils. There's even a chilli version for when you want a bit of bite.

The key to making Frylight actually work, rather than leaving you with food welded to the pan, is to spray it onto a cold non-stick pan first, then bring it up to a medium heat slowly. Sprayed onto smoking-hot metal it tends to burn off before the food hits it, which is why so many people complain it 'doesn't work'. Used properly, it crisps bacon medallions, browns mince and roasts diced potatoes beautifully — all while keeping your daily Syns free for the chocolate at the end of the night.