Figures from Burger King UK nutrition information , collected by Boone
Large Ben & Jerry's Cookie Dough, as published. Calorie split calculated by Boone. How
The Large Ben & Jerry's Cookie Dough as published, seen four ways.
2 of 3 limits are over 30% in one serving, the UK front-of-pack mark for high.
Free sugar is the biggest issue: 69.7g is 232% of an adult’s daily 30g in one serving.
Lower free sugarVanilla Sundae →14g free sugar (47%), 143 kcalNHS limits by age: salt goes from 8% for an adult to 17% at age 4 to 6.
For age 4 to 6, free sugar is the bigger share: 69.7g is 367% of the day’s 19g limit.
Lower-salt swapMint Chocolate Sundae →0g salt, 0% of the 3g limitFor age 7 to 10, free sugar is the bigger share: 69.7g is 290% of the day’s 24g limit.
Lower-salt swapMint Chocolate Sundae →0g salt, 0% of the 5g limitFor age 11 to 17, free sugar is the bigger share: 69.7g is 232% of the day’s 30g limit.
Lower-salt swapMint Chocolate Sundae →0g salt, 0% of the 6g limitProtein counts in your favour here, but the saturated fat is still 165% of the adult limit.
13.5g of protein, #36 on the menu. Per calorie the Bacon Double Cheese XL gives more: 6.9g per 100 kcal against 1.5g.
Most protein per calorieBacon Double Cheese XL →63g protein in 910 kcalHere the 200mg of sodium counts as useful after sweaty exercise.
102.3g of carbohydrate, with 50% 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 43% 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 serving is less healthy: it scores 14, 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 #58 of 98 on the menu for this score (lower is better). Portion weight estimated by Boone from similar items.
UK Nutrient Profiling Model 2018 →23 ingredients across 1 part; 5 are additives or processed (orange).
Group 4 because of the additives or industrial ingredients listed above. How NOVA works →
King Fusion Smarties 3.9g protein, 0.2g salt199Twix Fusion 3.6g protein, 0.3g salt210Small Ben & Jerry's Chocolate Fudge Brownie 3.7g protein, 0.2g salt218
Small Ben & Jerry's Caramel Chew Chew 3.2g protein, 0.2g salt241
Mango and Passionfruit Cheesecake Bar 3.3g protein, 0.2g salt264
Large Ben & Jerry's Cookie Dough 13.5g protein, 0.5g salt921
Large Ben & Jerry's Chocolate Fudge Brownie 17.2g protein, 0.9g salt1,014Large Ben & Jerry's Caramel Chew Chew 14.9g protein, 0.8g salt1,121921 kcal as published. 921 kcal is 46% of a 2,000 kcal adult reference intake.
For a child aged 4 to 6 it is 17% of the day’s 3g salt limit and 367% of the 19g free sugar limit in one item. A Mint Chocolate Sundae has 0g of salt, 0% of that salt limit.
83.7g of total sugar as published. Boone estimates 69.7g of it is free sugar: 17.4 teaspoons and 232% of an adult’s 30g daily maximum. The other 14g is naturally occurring and does not count.
13.5g, 1.5g per 100 kcal. It ranks #36 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.
14 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.
Yes, NOVA group 4. The ingredient list includes emulsifiers, flavourings, stabilisers and thickeners and lecithin.
As published, wheat, soya, milk and eggs.
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.
