Hill’s Biscuits – Chocolate creams, fruit shortcake, shortie, ginger nuts, lemon cream, ginger rings, orange creams, digestive creams, bourbon creams, ginger fingers, oaties, fig rolls, nice, fruit shortcake, rich tea.

Sugar-free sweets, biscuits, and no added sugar chocolate; Wooohoooo! When looking in the shops, you may see items which are labelled as sugar-free and no added sugar, which is marketed as suitable for diabetics… Hurrah! All the naughty things you may be craving and yet no sugar to cause high blood sugar levels, which is something we are trying to avoid. If your looking for some other low syn biscuits and cakes but don't know where to start, you can easily calculate their syns with our syn calculatoror with the general rule of 20 calories to one syns to easily work out syns on the go. A great way to enjoy a low syn by biscuit without guilt is by simply choosing a mini cookie, these reduce syns due to their smaller size typically have 1-3 syns per cookie or 5 syns a bag. It's still ideal to eat these in moderation however as the syns would then work out to be the same as eating a typical full-size cookie. Sugar beet is grown in many parts of Europe including the UK. You might think, then, that it would provide an easy ethical alternative to cane sugar. Think again.These are really nice digestives with a little chocolate added for extra enjoyment. Even dunkable!" Anon review on Tesco These are perfect for when your on a diet and Craving something sweet, as they are not as high in fat and taste good! I would highly recommend these, I think they taste amazing:-)" Anon review on Tesco Many biscuits are classed as accidentally vegan such as many bourbon biscuit brands, some filled wafers, Tesco Dark Chocolate Digestives and Oreo’s.

Before we dive into our ultimate syn list for low syn cakes and biscuits, let's first discuss whether or not these sweet treats will affect your progress in slimming world.There are many ‘Free From’ brands that are dairy-free and therefore vegan. However, this list looks only at accidentally vegan biscuits, so these aren’t included here. List of Vegan Biscuits Overall, the average amount of sugar in biscuits has dropped by a tiny percentage (under 2%, from 2015 baseline to 2019) and campaign group Action on Sugar argue that the voluntary scheme isn’t working. They continue to push for compulsory sugar reduction. Human rights overlooked in sugar production

Palm oil is a cheap substitute for animal fats so the biscuits most likely to be palm oil free are the buttery ones like shortbread. What are the options if you wish to either avoid palm oil, or only buy biscuits with certified palm oil?But with biscuits commonly containing palm oil, cocoa and sugar – ingredients often associated with human rights abuses and environmental destruction – how ethical is what you’re munching? We take a look at these three ingredients and how companies are sourcing them. The focus on public health often means that other ethical issues related to sugar are overlooked. As with cocoa, human rights abuses are widespread in sugar cane cultivation. The US Department of Labor reports likely child or forced labour in sugar cane production in 19 countries around the world, mainly in Asia and Latin America. British Sugar not only processes all sugar beet, it controls seed sales and funds UK research on the crop. Some of the biscuits in this list contain palm oil, which may or may not be sustainably sourced. Some vegans choose to avoid palm oil that hasn’t been certified as sustainable because its production destroys the habitats of animals. Cross contamination For readers who prefer to avoid palm oil, below is a list of palm oil free biscuits. We’ve only included the companies that receive our best rating for palm oil or are entirely palm oil free, because we think it’s important to consider what the company is doing as a whole. Some other brands and most supermarkets also have palm oil free options. Palm oil rating and biscuits Brand (and palm rating)

Very dunkable, these chocolate chip digestives are great for anyone who wants something sweeter than your average biscuit but doesn’t want too much chocolate. They’ve got a great light texture and are perfect with a cuppa. Calorie and Nutritional Information Sugar made from beet is chemically identical to sugar made from cane, and the sweet stuff in your biscuits could come from either plant with no difference in the labelling. So please be warned, I advise having two or three sweets at a time, or you could regret the decision to have a treat! You may want to reconsider giving children these sugar-free sweets and treats as a supposedly healthier alternative too.Kallo ( Ecotone Group) – Dark chocolate topped rice cakes and all rice, corn, lentil and veggie cakes except cocoa, date and vanilla. We’re striving to achieve a 20% sugar and calorie reduction across our portfolio, with a robust programme in place. Since 2016, through recipe optimisation we’ve achieved a 20%+ sugar reduction on Jammie Dodgers and in 2018 delivered a 5%+ reduction on core Maryland and 10%+ on Maryland Minis as part of a wide-ranging portion control initiative,” concludes Needham. Palm oil is widely used in many processed foods, including biscuits. Its mass production has been very damaging environmentally and been linked to workers’ and human rights abuses.