Are you living in Canada and following Slimming World? Sometimes it can be hard to find Slimming World friendly food items when you live overseas. So I have compiled this special Loblaws Slimming World Syn Free and Low Syn Food list for all Loblaws Stores to help out all my Canada readers.
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IMPORTANT: This list is not official, it is one I have compiled myself to help out others, also this list is quite old now and Ingredients in products can change, which in turn means syn values may change too.
For that reason, these lists should only be used as a guideline and you should check syn values yourself regularly using the Slimming World syn calculator. If you do come across an error in syn values, please let me know.
This shopping list covers all Loblaws stores, including Zehrs, Real Canadian Superstore, Valu-mart etc and their discount stores such as No Frills.
It includes branded food and their own brands such as No Name and President's Choice range.
Here is a list of syn free and low syn Slimming World friendly Meat and Poultry products
Before I get to the list, I should mention Extra Lean Ground Beef that is actually syn free, is virtually impossible to buy in Canada, so if you have been counting it as syn free, run the nutritional information through the syn calculator to get the syn value (making sure you select beef as your free food). If you are lucky enough to be able to shop across the border in the US, then you can pick up syn free Extra Lean Ground Beef there. To be syn free, the fat should be 5g or less for 100g.
Bacon
- Lou's Double Smoked Back Bacon - FREE
- Lou's Applewood Smoked Back Bacon - FREE
- President's Choice Free From Peameal Bacon (94g) - 0.5 syns
- Presidents Choice Blue Menu Turkey Bacon (26g) - 0.5 syns
- Lou's Peameal Bacon (100g) - 0.5 syns
- Butterball Turkey Bacon (30g) - 2.5 syns
- Presidents Choice Free From - Thick Cut Fully Cooked Bacon (16g) - 3 syns
- Maple Leaf Ready Crispy Bacon (18g) - 3 syns
Burgers
- Janes Tender and Juicy Lean Chicken Burgers (142g) - FREE
- Life Choices Extra Lean Chicken Burgers (142g) - FREE
- President's Choice Blue Menu Lean Angus Burger (128g) - 2.5 syns
- President's Choice Thick and Juicy Chicken Burgers (142g) - 3 syns
- President's Choice Blue Menu Lean Sirloin Burger (128g) - 3 syns
- President's Choice Blue Menu Lean Thick and Juicy Club Pack (142g) - 3 syns
Ground Meats
- President's Choice Extra Lean Ground Sirloin (90g) - 1.5 syns
- Store Extra Lean Ground Beef (90g) - 1.5 syns
- President's Choice Blue Menu Ground Chicken (113g) - 2 syns
- President's Choice Blue Menu Ground Turkey (113g) - 2.5 syns
- President's Choice Ground Lamb (113g) - 4.5 syns
- Store Lean Ground Pork (113g) - 5 syns
Meatballs
- President's Choice Blue Menu Italian Beef Meatballs (85g) - 2.5 syns
- President's Choice Blue Menu Chicken Meatballs (80g) - 3.5 syns
Sausages
- Marc Angelo Sweet Italian Turkey Sausage (100g) - 1 syn
- President's Choice Loads of White Cheddar and Apple Turkey Breakfast Sausage (frozen) - 1.5 syns
- Lilydale Daystarters Turkey Sausage - 2 syns
- President's Choice Blue Menu Lean Pork Sausage Mild Italian (100g) - 2 syns
- President's Choice Free From Original Breakfast Sausage (80g/3 sausages) - 2.5 syns
- President's Choice Loads of Asiago and Kale Chicken Smoked Sausage (94g) - 2.5 syns
- Schneiders Fully Cooked Breakfast Sausage Link (25g) - 2.5 syns
- President's Choice Loads of Cheddar and Jalapeno Chicken Smoked Sausage (94g) - 3 syns
- Marc Angelo Chicken Gourmet Smoked Sausages - Mozzarella and Red Pepper (83g) - 3 syns
- President's Choice Free From Maple Breakfast Sausage (80g) - 3 syns
- President's Choice Blue Menu Breakfast Sausage (80g) - 3 syns
- Schneiders Fully Cooked Breakfast Sausage Rounds (50g) - 5 syns
- Marc Angelo Chicken Gourmet Smoked Sausages (94g) - Teriyaki Pineapple - 5 syns
Frozen Fish/Seafood Products
- High Liner Pan Seared Haddock - roasted garlic (127g) - 2.5 syns
- Presidents Choice Melt in the Middle Salmon and Smoked Haddock Fish Cakes (145g) - 5.5 syns
Burgers
- President's Choice Blue Menu Wild Sockeye Salmon Burger (142g) - FREE
- President's Choice Loads of Spinach and Asiago Salmon Burgers (142g) - FREE
- President's Choice Shrimp Burgers (113g) - FREE
Burgers
- President's Choice Portobello Swiss Vegetarian Burger (142g) - FREE
- Yves Veggie Chickn Burgers (75g) - FREE
- Sol Cuisine Portobello Mushroom Rice Burger (71g) - 0.5 syns
- Yves The Good Veggie Burgers (75g) - 1 syn
- Sol Cuisine Sprouted Quinoa Burgers (71g) - 1.5 syns
- Presidents Choice Blue Menu Lentil and Bean Burger (113g) - 2.5 syns
- Sol Cuisine Chickpea and Sweet Potato Burgers (71g) - 3 syns
- Presidents Choice the worlds best Meatless Burger (142g) - 3.5 syns
Meatballs
- Presidents Choice Meatless Meatballs (57g) - 2.5 syns
Here is a list of syn free and low syn Slimming World friendly dairy products:
Chilled Desserts
- Kozy Shack Simply Well No Added Sugar Rice Pudding (113) - 4.5 syns
- Danone Danette Pudding (100g) - all flavours (except dark chocolate) - 5.5 syns
- Danone Danette Pudding (100g) - dark chocolate - 6 syns
- Hersey's Smores Pudding (93g) - 5.5 syns
- Kozy Shack Tapioca Pudding (113g) - 6 syns
- Jell-O Oreo Pudding (113g) - 6 syns
Cottage Cheese
- Any Fat Free Plain Cottage Cheese - FREE
- Nordica Smooth Lemon Cottage Cheese (100g) - lemon, caramel and vanilla - 2.5 syns
Cream Cheese
- Philadelphia Light Cream Cheese (15g) - 1.5 syns
- Philadelphia Herb and Garlic Dip (32g) - 2 syns
- Philadelphia Dill Dip (32g) - 2 syns
- Philadelphia Jalapeno Dip (32g) - 2 syns
- Philadelphia Herb and Spice Dip (32g) - 2.5 syns
- Philadelphia Onion Dip (32g) - 2.5 syns
Quark
- Liberte Cuisine Fresh Quark (375g) - FREE
Milk & Cream
see Healthy Extra A Measurements on the Slimming World website for qualifying milk and cheese measurements
- Neilson Fat Free Creamer (15ml) - 0.5 syns
- Neilson 5% Light Cream (15ml) - 0.5 syns
- Kraft Coolwhip Whipped Light Topping (8.7g) - 1 syn
- Kraft Coolwhip Whipped Topping (8.7g) - 1.5 syn
- Gay Lea Coconut Whipped Cream (15g) - 1.5 syns
- Coffee Mate Coffee Creamer (15ml) - all flavours - 2 syns
- International Delight Coffee Creamer (15ml) - all flavours - 2 syns
- Gay Lea Whipped Cream (15g) - 2 syns
- No Name Whipped Topping (18g) - 2.5 syns
- Liberte Creme Fraiche (15ml) - 2.5 syns
- Organic Meadow Half and Half Cream (14g) - 2.5 syns
- Neilson Fat Free Chocolate Milk (125ml) - 3.5 syns
- Neilson 1% Chocolate milk 25% less sugar (125ml) - 3.5 syns
- Neilson 1% strawberry milk (125ml) - 4 syns
Yoghurt
- Any brand 0% Plain yoghurt - FREE
- Source 0% yoghurts - all flavours - FREE
- IOGO 0% yoghurts (100g) - all flavours (including Greek) - 0.5 syns
- Liberte 0% Greek Yoghurt (100g) - all flavours - 1 syn
- Presidents Choice 0% Greek Yoghurt (100g) - Strawberry - 1 syn
- Presidents Choice 0% Greek Yoghurt (100g) - Lemon - 1 syn
- Presidents Choice 0% Skyr Icelandic Yoghurt (100g) - vanilla - 1 syns
- Presidents Choice 0% Greek Yoghurt (100g) - Blueberry - 1.5 syns
- Danone Oikos 0% Greek Yoghurt (100g) - coconut - 1 syn
- Danone Oikos 0% Greek Yoghurt (100g) - cherry, peach & mango - 1.5 syns
- Astro Original 0% Yoghurt (100g) - all flavours - 2 syns
- Astro ZERO 0% yoghurts (100g) - all flavours - 2 syns
- IOGO 0% Greek Protein (125g) - black cherry - 2 syns
- Presidents Choice 0% Skyr Icelandic Yoghurt (175g) - power fruit - 2 syns
- Presidents Choice 0% Skyr Icelandic Yoghurt (175g) - strawberry - 2.5 syns
- IOGO 0% Greek Protein (125g) - chocolate - 2.5 syns
- Presidents Choice 0% Greek Yoghurt (175g) - Vanilla - 2.5 syns
- Presidents Choice 0% Greek Yoghurt (175g) - Honey - 3 syns
- Skotidakis 0% Greek Yoghurt (175g) - all flavours - 3 syns
Rice Packets
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Kathryn says
I just wanted to tell you how much I appreciate you and your website. I'm a brit living in new Brunswick bad enough that were a small population let alone following a British diet. You make it so much easier thank you.
Shevy (Slimming Eats) says
Thanks so much for taking the time to comment Kathryn, so happy that you are finding the website useful.
Katie Hurley says
Hi thanks for the list ! Another Brit expat here in Alberta trying to follow the plan. Am I mistaken or did they get rid of the syns calculator ?
Shevy (Slimming Eats) says
Hi Katie, the syns calculator should still be on the website, but I think it is within the food planner. Hope that helps 🙂
Kim Twohig says
I wanted to tell you that I'm very grateful for your website. I'm from Ireland and it's not always easy converting diffrent foods and syn value here in Canada.
Gaynor says
Hi Thanks for writing this article for food we can buy from stores in Canada especially for those who are on a slimming world plan while on holiday. Would be good to know where the groups are held in southern and north Ontario so I could attend some. Thank you.
Shevy (Slimming Eats) says
unfortunately there are not meetings in Canada, but you can follow the program online through http://www.slimmingworld.co.uk
Catherine says
Hello 🙂
Do you know if fat free sour cream (Gay Lea brand from Walmart - 20 cals per 2 tbsp) is syn free?
Thank you,
Catherine
Shevy (Slimming Eats) says
hi Catherine, unfortunately, all sour cream has a syn value, even fat free, no free food allowance, so you can calculate as 1 syn for every 20 calories.
Catherine Blackshaw says
Thank you 🙂 Good to know! I better cut down on that sour cream then 😉 I heard Slimming World UK has come out with a new plan with some significant changes. I'm looking forward to reviewing the new information.
All the best,
Catherine
CiaraR says
Hi!!
I love your website and all the tips and recipes. Quick question... how do you work out the syns? I’m getting different values E.g for PC Blue Menu Ground Chicken I get 5.5syns/serving...
Thanks a mill,
C
Siobhan (Slimming Eats) says
ensure you are selecting a free food first where it applies otherwise the syn calculator will not calculate accurately. Remember too that only ground meat that is 5% fat or less is syn free, so if it is showing more than 5g of fat per 100g it will not be syn free.
Dinah says
Hi, my sister, based just outside Toronto, wants to do SW. I have tried to explain the Fry Light spray which we use here in UK for oven chips, roast veg etc. It is not available there so I wondered if you had discovered an alternative? I have recommended your site to her but I just wanted to give her a helping hand! Thanks x
Siobhan (Slimming Eats) says
We have lots of different spray oils here in Canada, any that is 1 calories or less per spray is syn free. I never liked frylight when in the UK, we have much better choices here in Canada for spray oils where no emulsifiers are used, Chosen avocado spray and the bertolli olive oil are my favourites.
Judy Peters says
I would love to try slimming world. I am in Ontario. Is the app available to Canada from the UK, I realize some foods are different, but an apple is an apple etc,,, and maybe there is a nutritional label to calculate syns? To do it by hand the old fashioned way,,,, well, not for me. So wondering if it works in Canada anyone know?
Siobhan (Slimming Eats) says
Hi there Judy, yes you can join online from anywhere in the world. I am in Canada and I am an Online member. If you check out my review it gives details of what you get access to once a member. All the tools you need basically. Good luck. http://www.slimmingeats.com/blog/slimming-world-review
Cally says
im interested why does the ground beef etc. have a syn value. I thought meant was free. I love put this site up. Do you have any blogs/ pages about low syn snack bars etc
Siobhan (Slimming Eats) says
Hi Cally, only ground meats which are 5% fat or less are free, any higher and they have a syn value. 5% fat beef mince is near impossible to get in Canada, so most will be synned.
Natalie says
I just wanted to say a massive thank you. The time and effort you have gone through to help others is immense. I have your cookbook (I live in BC) and I've been struggling to stick to the plan, this has made it a little easier to follow. So thank you again.