Figures from Burger King UK nutrition information , collected by Boone
Breakfast King, as published. Calorie split calculated by Boone. How
The Breakfast King as published, seen four ways.
2 of 3 limits are over 30% in one breakfast item, the UK front-of-pack mark for high.
Saturated fat is the biggest issue: 9.9g is 50% of an adult’s daily 20g in one breakfast item.
Lower saturated fatSausage Butty →4.3g saturated fat (22%), 329 kcalNHS limits by age: salt goes from 30% for an adult to 60% at age 4 to 6.
For age 4 to 6, salt is the bigger share: 1.8g is 60% of the day’s 3g limit in one breakfast item.
Lower-salt swapSausage Butty →1g salt, 33% of the 3g limitFor age 7 to 10, free sugar is the bigger share: 9.9g is 41% of the day’s 24g limit.
Lower-salt swapSausage Butty →1g salt, 20% of the 5g limitFor age 11 to 17, free sugar is the bigger share: 9.9g is 33% of the day’s 30g limit.
Lower-salt swapSausage Butty →1g salt, 17% of the 6g limitProtein counts in your favour here, but the saturated fat is still 50% of the adult limit.
34.7g of protein, #13 on the menu. Per calorie the Bacon Double Cheese XL gives more: 6.9g per 100 kcal against 6.9g.
Most protein per calorieBacon Double Cheese XL →63g protein in 910 kcalHere the 720mg of sodium counts as useful after sweaty exercise.
37.4g of carbohydrate, with 42% of the energy from fat.
Natural sugars in milk, fruit and veg don’t count. NHS →
For smaller portions: the most nutrition per calorie, against all 98 Burger King items.
More protein per calorie than 97% of the 98 items on the menu.
Burger King does not publish vitamins or minerals for this item, so Boone does not estimate them.
The 2018 model indicates this breakfast item is less healthy: it scores 16, above the line of 4.
Higher is less healthy; 4 or more would be classed as less healthy under this model. How the score works →
Joint #46 of 47 on the menu for this score (lower is better).
UK Nutrient Profiling Model 2018 →UK law does not require one for food made to order or sold loose, so Boone cannot count the ingredients or list the additives. Allergens are listed above, as published by Burger King. Recipes change, so check in the restaurant if you have an allergy.
506 kcal as published. 506 kcal is 25% of a 2,000 kcal adult reference intake.
For a child aged 4 to 6 it is 60% of the day’s 3g salt limit and 52% of the 19g free sugar limit in one item. A Sausage Butty has 1g of salt, 33% of that salt limit.
9.9g of total sugar as published. Boone estimates 9.9g of it is free sugar: 2.5 teaspoons and 33% of an adult’s 30g daily maximum.
34.7g, 6.9g per 100 kcal. It ranks #13 of 104 items on the menu for protein. The Bacon Double Cheese XL gives the most protein for the calories, 6.9g per 100 kcal.
16 on the UK Nutrient Profiling Model 2018, calculated by Boone per 100g. Scores run from -20 to 40, and the higher the score, the less healthy the model rates the food. Foods scoring 4 or more would be classed as less healthy under this model.
As published, wheat, milk, eggs and celery. Sesame, soya and mustard may be present.
Source. Burger King UK nutrition information , per item as sold.
Collected. Copied by Boone from Burger King’s published figures. Data checks are led by Murray Dare.
Calculated by Boone. Labelled where it appears.
Limits. NHS free sugar and salt limits by age; UK reference intakes for adults.
