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ScarlettStar86 Where are you getting this official line from. Would like to sort this out once and for all for myself. Thanks. Doreen
Smash cake
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WelshJojo
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It's on the SW website! Smash must be synned at the original value when not used in its original form. It's the same for smash pizza, couscous cake, lasagne crisps etc!? SW call it food abuse! Some people do it and it has no effect on their weightloss, but minis have a responsibility to maintain accurate information, so it's important that new members know the correct syn values for these recipes
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ScarlettStar86
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It's on the SW website! Smash must be synned at the original value when not used in its original form. It's the same for smash pizza, couscous cake, lasagne crisps etc!? SW call it food abuse! Some people do it and it has no effect on their weightloss, but minis have a responsibility to maintain accurate information, so it's important that new members know the correct syn values for these recipes
Yes welshtigger is correct, sorry I missed this question, unsubscribed from the thread a while back. On the sw site in the faq's x
PatchworkPuss
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From the myths and misconceptions feature on the SW website
2. Are couscous cake, Smash pizzas and lasagne-sheet ‘Doritos’ Free?
You might be disappointed to hear that they’re not. Because changing the use of a food can make it easier to over-eat, to protect your weight loss they become Synned.
When foods like pasta, rice and grains are used in their original form they’re low in energy density (calories), bulky, appetite-satisfying foods. Pasta, couscous and rice are usually the main ingredient in a meal packed with other Free Foods – giving it sufficient bulk to be satisfying as a meal in itself. However, when ground down, used as flour (like in couscous cake), used as a sauce thickener (like Smash), seasoned crisps (like Doritos) or puréed (like smoothies) they’re often used as additions to a main meal… and on top of your day’s Syns. It is a very effective way of adding a lot of extra calories in a non-bulky way, and as such would then be counted as Syns
Dry powdered mash is 4.5 syns per 25g on the red plan so that is the rate that should be used to work out the syns. The recipe at the top of this thread uses 120g so that works out at 21.5 syns
2. Are couscous cake, Smash pizzas and lasagne-sheet ‘Doritos’ Free?
You might be disappointed to hear that they’re not. Because changing the use of a food can make it easier to over-eat, to protect your weight loss they become Synned.
When foods like pasta, rice and grains are used in their original form they’re low in energy density (calories), bulky, appetite-satisfying foods. Pasta, couscous and rice are usually the main ingredient in a meal packed with other Free Foods – giving it sufficient bulk to be satisfying as a meal in itself. However, when ground down, used as flour (like in couscous cake), used as a sauce thickener (like Smash), seasoned crisps (like Doritos) or puréed (like smoothies) they’re often used as additions to a main meal… and on top of your day’s Syns. It is a very effective way of adding a lot of extra calories in a non-bulky way, and as such would then be counted as Syns
Dry powdered mash is 4.5 syns per 25g on the red plan so that is the rate that should be used to work out the syns. The recipe at the top of this thread uses 120g so that works out at 21.5 syns
How much is it on the extra easy plan??? I'm really disappointed now as I was going to make it ?
PatchworkPuss
Gold Member
it would be the same on all three plans - 4.5 syns per 25g of powdered mash - so it really depends how mush you use to make it. But considering flour is the same syn value why not just go with the real thing
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