Figures from Greggs UK nutrition guide, September 2026 , collected by Boone
Cheese Scone, as published. Calorie split calculated by Boone. How
The Cheese Scone as published, seen four ways.
2 of 3 limits are over 30% in one serving, the UK front-of-pack mark for high.
Saturated fat is the biggest issue: 8.9g is 44% of an adult’s daily 20g in one serving.
Lower saturated fatBelgian Bun →1.1g saturated fat (6%), 371 kcalNHS limits by age: salt goes from 35% for an adult to 70% at age 4 to 6.
For age 4 to 6, salt is the bigger share: 2.1g is 70% of the day’s 3g limit in one serving.
Lower-salt swapFruity Flapjack →0g salt, 0% of the 3g limitFor age 7 to 10, salt is the bigger share: 2.1g is 42% of the day’s 5g limit in one serving.
Lower-salt swapFruity Flapjack →0g salt, 0% of the 5g limitFor age 11 to 17, salt is the bigger share: 2.1g is 35% of the day’s 6g limit in one serving.
Lower-salt swapFruity Flapjack →0g salt, 0% of the 6g limitProtein counts in your favour here, but the saturated fat is still 44% of the adult limit.
13g of protein, #86 on the menu. Per calorie the Free Range Egg Pot gives more: 9.4g per 100 kcal against 3.8g.
Most protein per calorieFree Range Egg Pot →12g protein in 127 kcalHere the 840mg of sodium counts as useful after sweaty exercise.
28g of carbohydrate, and 50% of the energy is fat, which is slow to digest. Better after a long session than in the hours before one.
Natural sugars in milk, fruit and veg don’t count. NHS →
For smaller portions: the most nutrition per calorie, against all 213 Greggs items.
More protein per calorie than 49% of the 213 items on the menu.
More fibre per calorie than 42% of the 213 items on the menu.
Greggs 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 20, 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 #187 of 203 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 Greggs. Recipes change, so check in the restaurant if you have an allergy.
Pumpkin Spice Doughnut 4.3g protein, 0.63g salt310
Apple Danish 4.7g protein, 0.18g salt324
Triple Chocolate Doughnut 4.3g protein, 0.55g salt325
Triple Chocolate Cookie 4.1g protein, 0.39g salt333
Cheese Scone 13g protein, 2.1g salt340
White Chocolate Cookie 4.2g protein, 0.37g salt343
Milk Chocolate Cookie 4.1g protein, 0.37g salt343
Bonfire Toffee Muffin 4.7g protein, 0.55g salt363340 kcal as published. 340 kcal is 17% of a 2,000 kcal adult reference intake.
For a child aged 4 to 6 it is 70% of the day’s 3g salt limit and 4% of the 19g free sugar limit in one item. A Fruity Flapjack has 0g of salt, 0% 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.
13g, 3.8g per 100 kcal. It ranks #86 of 212 items on the menu for protein. The Free Range Egg Pot gives the most protein for the calories, 9.4g per 100 kcal.
20 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 mustard. Soya and sulphites may be present.
Source. Greggs UK nutrition guide, September 2026 , per item as sold.
Collected. Copied by Boone from Greggs’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.
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