Figures from Greggs UK nutrition guide, September 2026 , collected by Boone
Empire Biscuit, as published. Calorie split calculated by Boone. How
The Empire Biscuit as published, seen four ways.
1 of 3 limits is over 30% in one serving, the UK front-of-pack mark for high.
Free sugar is the biggest issue: 26g is 87% of an adult’s daily 30g in one serving.
Lower free sugarCheese Scone →0.7g free sugar (2%), 340 kcalNHS limits by age: salt goes from 5% for an adult to 10% at age 4 to 6.
For age 4 to 6, free sugar is the bigger share: 26g is 137% of the day’s 19g limit.
Lower-salt swapFruity Flapjack →0g salt, 0% of the 3g limitFor age 7 to 10, free sugar is the bigger share: 26g is 108% of the day’s 24g limit.
Lower-salt swapFruity Flapjack →0g salt, 0% of the 5g limitFor age 11 to 17, free sugar is the bigger share: 26g is 87% of the day’s 30g limit.
Lower-salt swapFruity Flapjack →0g salt, 0% of the 6g limitProtein counts in your favour here, but the saturated fat is still 17% of the adult limit.
2.3g of protein, #179 on the menu. Per calorie the Free Range Egg Pot gives more: 9.4g per 100 kcal against 0.8g.
Most protein per calorieFree Range Egg Pot →12g protein in 127 kcalHere the 124mg of sodium counts as useful after sweaty exercise.
45g of carbohydrate, with 30% 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 213 Greggs items.
More protein per calorie than 11% of the 213 items on the menu.
More fibre per calorie than 95% 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 11, 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 #122 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.
Pineapple Cake 1.6g protein, 0.19g salt248Fruity Flapjack 3.9g protein, 0g salt253
Jammy Heart Biscuit 3.1g protein, 0.31g salt271
Caramel Custard Doughnut 4.1g protein, 0.68g salt274
Empire Biscuit 2.3g protein, 0.31g salt284
Milk Chocolate Caramel Shortbread 3.5g protein, 0.34g salt288
All Butter Croissant 7.1g protein, 0.79g salt292
Chocolate Cake Bar 5.2g protein, 0.28g salt298284 kcal as published. 284 kcal is 14% of a 2,000 kcal adult reference intake.
For a child aged 4 to 6 it is 10% of the day’s 3g salt limit and 137% of the 19g free sugar limit in one item. A Fruity Flapjack has 0g of salt, 0% of that salt limit.
26g of total sugar as published. Boone estimates 26g of it is free sugar: 6.5 teaspoons and 87% of an adult’s 30g daily maximum.
2.3g, 0.8g per 100 kcal. It ranks #179 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.
11 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, eggs and sulphites. Rye, barley, oats, spelt, kamut, tree nuts, soya, milk, mustard and lupin 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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