Nestle’s Toffee Crisp is a combination of biscuit, cereal and caramel drenched in chocolate. It’s a rather tough chew with a rugged texture but a sweet flavour. They are on of the eldest chocolate bars in the UK with a good following but never one to dominate the market. Initially, the origins of the Toffee Crisp come from a cake recipe which was then adapted to become a bar.
This is why, perhaps, it is quite tough and rugged when compared to many other bars.
Here we discuss the syn values of the Toffee Crisp and how it stacks up against the competitor. Lastly, we discuss whether or not they’re worth the syns and what alternatives could be out there.
Toffee Crisp Syn Values
A Toffee Crisps weighs 38 grams and contains 198 calories. This means that a bar of Toffee Crisp is worth 9.9 syns, each. At 9.9 this is a moderate amount similar to an Aero (9.7) and a Wispa (10).
There are better alternatives and we will also break down the syns per gram and the all important SynScore. Read on for more.
Is a Toffee Crisp worth the syns?
In a category of unhealthy snacks, a Toffee Crisp is up there as the most unhealthy. High fat and sugar with very high scores of saturates. However, multiple ingredients and good flavour comes at a price.
Now, the syns per gram of a Toffee Crisp is 0.26 which is quite high and comparable to a Flake, Galaxy Ripple, Boost and a Toblerone. 0.26 isn’t the worst but the top of the league is 0.22.
These scores are put into context with the SimpleSyns SynScore. Toffee Crisp scores a 48% which is quite poor and not an efficient way to spend syns, this is rather obvious from the dense sugar filled ingredients. A Lion bar is a much better alternative at 81%.
Toffee Crisp Ingredients
This is an enormous list of ingredients for something that weighs just 38 grams. Probably why it’s so bad (good!) for you!
Sugar, Vegetable Fats (Sunflower, Palm, Palm Kernel, Coconut, Shea/Illipe/Mango Kernel/Kokum Gurgi/Sal), Glucose Syrup, Rice Flour, Lactose and Proteins from Whey (from Milk), Whey Powder (from Milk), Sweetened Condensed Skimmed Milk, Dried Whole Milk, Cocoa Butter, Cocoa Mass, Invert Sugar Syrup, Fat-Reduced Cocoa Powder, Salt, Emulsifiers (Sunflower Lecithin, E471), Barley Malt Extract, Natural Flavouring, Wheat Flour (contains Calcium, Iron, Thiamin and Niacin), Vitamins (B3, B5, D, B6, B2, Folic Acid, B1, B12), Iron, Malted Wheat Flour, Raising Agents (Sodium Bicarbonate, Calcium Carbonate), Milk Chocolate contains Milk Solids 14% minimum and Vegetable Fat in addition to Cocoa Butter.
