Figures from Nando's UK nutrition information , collected by Boone
Double Chicken Wrap, as published. Calorie split calculated by Boone. How
The Double Chicken Wrap as published, seen four ways.
2 of 3 limits are over 30% in one wrap, 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 wrap.
Lower saltTortilla Wrap →0.6g salt (10%), 275 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 wrap.
Lower-salt swapTortilla Wrap →0.6g salt, 20% 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 wrap.
Lower-salt swapTortilla Wrap →0.6g salt, 12% 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 wrap.
Lower-salt swapTortilla Wrap →0.6g salt, 10% of the 6g limitProtein counts in your favour here, but the saturated fat is still 27% of the adult limit.
65.3g of protein, #7 on the menu. Per calorie the Grilled Chicken Breast gives more: 20.7g per 100 kcal against 8.8g.
Most protein per calorieGrilled Chicken Breast →28.6g protein in 138 kcalHere the 960mg of sodium counts as useful after sweaty exercise.
54.9g of carbohydrate, with 35% 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 105 Nando's items.
More protein per calorie than 78% of the 105 items on the menu.
More fibre per calorie than 65% of the 105 items on the menu.
Nando's does not publish vitamins or minerals for this item, so Boone does not estimate them.
The 2018 model indicates this wrap is not less healthy: it scores 2, below 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 #37 of 101 on the menu for this score (lower is better). Portion weight estimated by Boone from similar items.
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 Nando's. Recipes change, so check in the restaurant if you have an allergy.
Grilled Chicken Wrap 36.2g protein, 1.7g salt514
Cheesy Garlic Pitta 17.7g protein, 1.8g salt597
Beanie Pitta 21.2g protein, 2.6g salt632
Beanie Wrap 21.5g protein, 2.4g salt644
Chicken Livers & Rustic Portuguese Roll 38.2g protein, 2.9g salt653
Double Chicken Pitta 65g protein, 2.6g salt691
Double Chicken Wrap 65.3g protein, 2.4g salt742
Fino Pitta 61.8g protein, 3.3g salt838742 kcal as published. 742 kcal is 37% 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 50% of the 19g free sugar limit in one item. A Tortilla Wrap has 0.6g of salt, 20% of that salt limit.
10.1g of total sugar as published. Boone estimates 9.5g of it is free sugar: 2.4 teaspoons and 32% of an adult’s 30g daily maximum. The other 0.6g is naturally occurring and does not count.
65.3g, 8.8g per 100 kcal. It ranks #7 of 105 items on the menu for protein. The Grilled Chicken Breast gives the most protein for the calories, 20.7g per 100 kcal.
2 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, cereals containing gluten (wheat), milk, eggs and mustard.
Source. Nando's UK nutrition information , per item as sold.
Collected. Copied by Boone from Nando'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.
