Healthy Extra B - How Much Fibre Needed?

Hiya,

I know certain things cant be classed as a healthy extra B because it doesn't have enough fibre in.

Does anyone know the minimum about of fibre something has to have in it so it can be classed as a healthy extra B at all please?

I got a new porridge today and it has a good bit less fibre in it than two weetabix which i know you are allowed, so im doubtful it can be classes as a healthy extra B but did wonder on the amount of fibre needed to class as a healthy B.

Hopefully makes sense Thank you xx

Not sure what you mean by a new porridge? You can have porridge oats as a B choice. - I think it is 35g.

AnnaFaraday said:

Not sure what you mean by a new porridge? You can have porridge oats as a B choice. - I think it is 35g.

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Coco Pops Porridge - 27g sachet's - 107 cals each sachet - 2.3g of fibre in each.

So i know this would be 5 syns if not enough fibre, but did just wonder how much fibre things have to have in them before they can be classed as a healthy B, as i know the Oats So Simple sachets are no longer Healthy Extra B's as not enough fibre in each sachet that you get

I think I'd play safe and if it's not listed, count it as syns

Oh no! i got Oat so Simple Multigrain Honey, and that is not extra healthy B? thanks! i saw a new KRAVE that have 4 different favour but m not sure if it is allow 30g in HEA or count as syn.

Lillyxx said:

Coco Pops Porridge - 27g sachet's - 107 cals each sachet - 2.3g of fibre in each.

So i know this would be 5 syns if not enough fibre, but did just wonder how much fibre things have to have in them before they can be classed as a healthy B, as i know the Oats So Simple sachets are no longer Healthy Extra B's as not enough fibre in each sachet that you get

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It's not just a question of how much fibre. I looked this up on the Tesco website and it has 20g sugar per 100g, and nearly 7g of fat. I can't see this being counted as a healthy extra (frankly not healthy at all!) with all that sugar.

nk2015 said:

Oh no! i got Oat so Simple Multigrain Honey, and that is not extra healthy B? thanks! i saw a new KRAVE that have 4 different favour but m not sure if it is allow 30g in HEA or count as syn.

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I don't know what type of KRAVE you are referring to, but they are all very high in sugar. The basic milk chocolate one is 30% sugar (!!!) and 15% fat. That's not a healthy extra, I am sure, so you will have to syn it.

It is really important to look at the nutrition labelling and check the sugar and fat content of foods. Or you can check it on the Tesco website which is very good for giving ingredients and nutritional information.

nk2015 said:

Oh no! i got Oat so Simple Multigrain Honey, and that is not extra healthy B? thanks! i saw a new KRAVE that have 4 different favour but m not sure if it is allow 30g in HEA or count as syn.

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No, I was sat to know that too, apparently not enough fibre. I'm not too sure about the multigrain how ever, I was just having the basic sachets xx

AnnaFaraday said:

It's not just a question of how much fibre. I looked this up on the Tesco website and it has 20g sugar per 100g, and nearly 7g of fat. I can't see this being counted as a healthy extra (frankly not healthy at all!) with all that sugar.

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Thank you, this I am aware of also. I haven't classed them as a healthy extra, I have syned them, it was just a case of wondering what actually makes something a healthy extra as the list isn't always updated and it is always something good to know.

Just the same for syns, they have a way to work this out yourself, 20 calories = 1 syn.

I wondered if there was a way to do this with healthy extra's, would something with so much fibre and calories etc class as a healthy extra and you can work this out yourself.

I'll continue to syn them and just keep an eye out.

so any thing that is high carb and need to be syn n can eat what we want!? that is good SW to give us to eat high carb cereal with limit amount recommend serving according to the label.

i use all bran original. so is it good? i also mix it with golden crunch for sweeter.

It is based on calories and fibre content as far as I am aware. The Krave stuff is a rubbishy cereal tbh and I doubt would ever be classed as a HE. A lot of cereals which have dried fruit will look like they have high sugar, so just looking at the sugar content can be misleading. It's the added sugar you need to look at and legally a company does not have to add that to the nutritional content on a packet. So I think you would literally need the recipe to determine for a HE. For Dorset Cereals Simply Nutty its 11g fibre per 100g and 378 cal per 100g. Sugar is 14g and for anything to be considered technically low sugar it needs to be under 3%, like fat. If you'd like things considered as a HEB and they are similar to that I would inbox the SW facebook site with another cereal you think would fit the bill. They regularly consider new things and would consider something else you found for sure; but obviously don't use it as a HEB until they've confirmed it.