Trek bars
Thread in 'Syn Values' Forum started by kaybird296, Sep 18th, 2016 at 12:23 PM.
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Sep 18th, 2016, 12:23 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2016
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Trek bars
If someone has a moment to look it up, could I please have the syn value for the peanut power trek bar? Bought two at Aldi today as I couldn't resist but I'm waiting to eat them just in case they're as high as the Nakd bars.
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Sep 18th, 2016, 14:07 PM
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Apparently 20cals = 1 syn
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Sep 18th, 2016, 15:51 PM
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As a general rule of thumb, yes, but some things differ. Like, something that could be quite high in calories could actually be low in syns if it has a lot of protein, fibre etc. A friend actually gave me the syn value now, which is 10 for these particular ones.
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Sep 18th, 2016, 16:47 PM
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Sorry kaybird, only just seen you original post!
And Emaline, like kaybird said, somethings can be calculated by using the 20 cals = 1 syn rule, but it's best applied to crisps, chocolate, sweets, etc. that have absolutely no free foods in them.
Sometimes these kind of snack bars have a low syn value, but it seems that the Trek ones don't!
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Sep 18th, 2016, 21:20 PM
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It's a shame, because while it was tasty and filling, with lots of protein and fruit-based sugars that are slower release, it's not tasty enough that I'd want to save the syns for it. Luckily today I ended up with them to spare, but when it's a choice between 10syns on a trek bar or 6syns on a curly wurly, I know which one I'm going to pick. Boyfriend suggested using them as a post gym snack, but since the Arla protein pots have double the protein and they're a tenth of the syn value, it just makes more sense. It's a shame, because the banana trek bars are heavenly.
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