Figures from GAIL's published nutrition information, October 2026 , collected by Boone
Mixed Olive Sourdough Stick, as published. Calorie split calculated by Boone. How
The Mixed Olive Sourdough Stick as published, seen four ways.
1 of 3 limits is over 30% in one dish, the UK front-of-pack mark for high.
Salt is the biggest issue: 2.4g is 40% of an adult’s daily 6g in one dish.
Lower saltHazelnut and Chocolate Spread →0.18g salt (3%), 552 kcalNHS limits by age: salt goes from 40% for an adult to 80% at age 4 to 6.
For age 4 to 6, salt is the bigger share: 2.4g is 80% of the day’s 3g limit in one dish.
Lower-salt swapHazelnut and Chocolate Spread →0.18g salt, 6% of the 3g limitFor age 7 to 10, salt is the bigger share: 2.4g is 48% of the day’s 5g limit in one dish.
Lower-salt swapHazelnut and Chocolate Spread →0.18g salt, 4% of the 5g limitFor age 11 to 17, salt is the bigger share: 2.4g is 40% of the day’s 6g limit in one dish.
Lower-salt swapHazelnut and Chocolate Spread →0.18g salt, 3% of the 6g limitProtein counts in your favour here, but the saturated fat is still 3% of the adult limit.
6.7g of protein, #132 on the menu. Per calorie the Salsa Verde Chicken and Remoulade Salad gives more: 6.0g per 100 kcal against 2.7g.
Most protein per calorieSalsa Verde Chicken and Remoulade Salad →19g protein in 318 kcalHere the 960mg of sodium counts as useful after sweaty exercise.
47g of carbohydrate, with 17% 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 228 GAIL's items.
More protein per calorie than 48% of the 228 items on the menu.
More fibre per calorie than 77% of the 228 items on the menu.
GAIL's does not publish vitamins or minerals for this item, so Boone does not estimate them.
The 2018 model indicates this dish is less healthy: it scores 7, 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 #81 of 228 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 GAIL's. Recipes change, so check in the restaurant if you have an allergy.
Brown Sourdough 7.9g protein, 1.3g salt223
Sourdough 7.4g protein, 1.2g salt224
Pecan and Orange Crunch 2.6g protein, 0.3g salt226
San Francisco Sourdough 7.5g protein, 1.3g salt239
Mixed Olive Sourdough Stick 6.7g protein, 2.4g salt250
Good Earth Sourdough 8.1g protein, 1.3g salt255
Waste-Less Sourdough 8.5g protein, 1.4g salt256
Hazelnut and Walnut Sourdough 8.4g protein, 0.95g salt299250 kcal as published. 250 kcal is 12% of a 2,000 kcal adult reference intake.
For a child aged 4 to 6 it is 80% of the day’s 3g salt limit and 4% of the 19g free sugar limit in one item. A Hazelnut and Chocolate Spread has 0.18g of salt, 6% of that salt limit.
0.7g of total sugar as published. Boone estimates 0.7g of it is free sugar: 0.2 teaspoons and 2% of an adult’s 30g daily maximum.
6.7g, 2.7g per 100 kcal. It ranks #132 of 228 items on the menu for protein. The Salsa Verde Chicken and Remoulade Salad gives the most protein for the calories, 6.0g per 100 kcal.
7 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, rye, barley and spelt.
Source. GAIL's published nutrition information, October 2026 , per item as sold.
Collected. Copied by Boone from GAIL's’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.
