Belvita Soft Bakes Chocolate Chip - Soft baked biscuits made with wholegrain cereals, chocolate chips and added minerals.Enjoy as part of a varied and balanced diet and healthy lifestyle. Rich in cereals, source of fibre, source of Vitamin B6 and folic acid, Magnesium, Iron, made with wholegrain. Energy for the whole morning! Here is a nutritional breakdown for different types of Belvita biscuits ( the values are per 100g): Belvita biscuit type Would I eat them or serve them to my family? Nope. Not necessarily because they are unhealthy but more because there are better options out there. Since Belvita soft bakes come in different flavours there syns can vary slightly, but on average their soft bakes have around 10 syns per bake which is quite high, taking up the majority of your syn allowance.

There is nothing particularly unhealthy from a strictly nutritional point of view, although some of the ingredients definitely raise an eyebrow.

Having said that, I spend a lot of my time working with clients who are concerned about pre-diabetes. Their needs and their eating habits are different. But the amount of these beneficial nutrients is not that much and won’t make much difference to your health. Can Belvita biscuits help you lose weight? They also contain less fat per 100g than other biscuits. However, 30% Less Sugar Chocolate Chip biscuits are also worth considering since they are the lowest in sugar out of all Belvita biscuits (although they are still high in calories).

Neil Welsh is a nutrition coach who specialises in working with clients who are concerned about prediabetes. In terms of ingredients and nutritional profile, they are very similar, however, if you start drifting into the Duo Crunch Chocolate Hazelnut range then the calories do bump up a touch and so does sugar content. belvita Soft Bakes have a high content of slowly digestible starch, which is a slow release carbohydrate. Consumption of foods high in slowly digestible starch raises blood glucose concentration less after a meal compared to foods low in slowly digestible starch. I would have to say yes, these could be enjoyed as part of a healthy lifestyle… but then again, so can Dairy Milk and Mr Kipling Cherry Bakewells.

There is a huge range of lower syn bakes to choose from as an alternative to Belvita soft bakes, we have listed them down below to help you out. Due to the use of wheat flour, Belvita biscuits are not gluten-free, unfortunately. They also have other ingredients which may contain gluten so they are not suitable for coeliacs. What’s the taste like? Looking at the table above, you can see that Belvita Soft Bakes Strawberry are the best option since they are the lowest in calories (per 100g) and not as high in sugar as some other types of Belvita biscuits. Let’s start with the ingredients. Alarm bells start ringing when you look at the ingredients list of Belvita biscuits. I tried the Milk and Cereals biscuit with around 20 ingredients in it.