How many syns are in a Blue Riband

A Blue Riband is a wafer based biscuit covered in chocolate. It’s one of the oldest and most affordable of the biscuit family and one I remember fondly growing up. This is a kind of treat biscuit rather than a dunking one and works well in any situation.

With healthy eating a big deal have Blue Riband been left behind as an unhealthy treat or have they survived the test of time and earned their place in your biscuit tin? Let’s find out.

Blue Riband syn values

A single Blue Riband weighs 18 grams and contains 92 calories. This means that a single blue riband is worth 4.6 syns, with a syn to gram ratio of 0.26. At 4.6 syns each it is similar to a Jammie Dodger and a Chocolate Hobnob, which are on the heavy side. A 0.26 syn per gram they are similar to a Penguin or a Crunch Cream.

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How many syns are in a pack of Blue Riband

There are 8 biscuits in a pack which means they add up to 82.8 syns. That’s quite a lot in a pack.

Are Blue Ribands worth the syn?

blue riband ingredients

Blue Ribands are a treat biscuit which means everyone knows they’re not healthy to begin with. However, with the use of our biscuit list you can see that there are many biscuits with a lower syn cost each as well as lower syn per grams out there to choose from.

That being said, if Blue Ribands are what you like and you have more than 4.6 left over to use then why not spend it on them?

Blue Riband typical ingredients

Sugar, Wheat Flour, Vegetable Fat (Palm, Mango Kernel/ Sal/Shea), Cocoa Butter, Whole Milk Powder, Cocoa Mass, Whey Powder (from Milk), Maltodextrin, Fat-Reduced Cocoa Powder, Emulsifier (Sunflower Lecithin), Raising Agent (Sodium Bicarbonate), Natural Flavourings, Salt.

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