Figures from Popeyes published nutrition information , collected by Boone
Double Sausage, Egg & Cheese Roll with Brown Sauce, as published. Calorie split calculated by Boone. How
The Double Sausage, Egg & Cheese Roll with Brown Sauce as published, seen four ways.
3 of 3 limits are over 30% in one breakfast item, the UK front-of-pack mark for high.
Salt is the biggest issue: 2.9g is 48% of an adult’s daily 6g in one breakfast item.
Lower saltEgg & Cheese Roll →1.2g salt (20%), 314 kcalNHS limits by age: salt goes from 48% for an adult to 97% at age 4 to 6.
For age 4 to 6, salt is the bigger share: 2.9g is 97% of the day’s 3g limit in one breakfast item.
Lower-salt swapEgg & Cheese Roll →1.2g salt, 40% of the 3g limitFor age 7 to 10, salt is the bigger share: 2.9g is 58% of the day’s 5g limit in one breakfast item.
Lower-salt swapEgg & Cheese Roll →1.2g salt, 24% of the 5g limitFor age 11 to 17, salt is the bigger share: 2.9g is 48% of the day’s 6g limit in one breakfast item.
Lower-salt swapEgg & Cheese Roll →1.2g salt, 20% of the 6g limitProtein counts in your favour here, but the saturated fat is still 47% of the adult limit.
30.8g of protein, #45 on the menu. Per calorie the 8 Spicy Tenders gives more: 15.5g per 100 kcal against 5.9g.
Most protein per calorie8 Spicy Tenders →93.6g protein in 604 kcalHere the 1,160mg of sodium counts as useful after sweaty exercise.
39.8g of carbohydrate, with 45% 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 112 Popeyes items.
More protein per calorie than 58% of the 112 items on the menu.
More fibre per calorie than 73% of the 112 items on the menu.
Popeyes does not publish vitamins or minerals for this item, so Boone does not estimate them.
The 2018 model indicates this breakfast item 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 #61 of 112 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 Popeyes. Recipes change, so check in the restaurant if you have an allergy.
Double Bacon, Egg and Cheese Muffin 24.8g protein, 2.4g salt464
Double Sausage, Egg & Cheese Roll 30.7g protein, 2.8g salt510
Double Chicken Breakfast Patty, Egg & Cheese Muffin 31.5g protein, 2.8g salt511
Double Sausage, Egg & Cheese Roll with Ketchup 30.8g protein, 2.9g salt520
Double Sausage, Egg & Cheese Roll with Brown Sauce 30.8g protein, 2.9g salt522
Big Breakfast Wrap with Chicken Breakfast Patty & Heinz Ketchup 31.5g protein, 3.3g salt703
Big Breakfast Wrap with Chicken Breakfast Patty, Streaky Bacon & Heinz Ketchup 35.1g protein, 3.9g salt764
Big Breakfast Wrap with Chicken Breakfast Patty, Streaky Bacon & HP Sauce 35.1g protein, 3.8g salt767522 kcal as published. 522 kcal is 26% of a 2,000 kcal adult reference intake.
For a child aged 4 to 6 it is 97% of the day’s 3g salt limit and 59% of the 19g free sugar limit in one item. A Egg & Cheese Roll has 1.2g of salt, 40% of that salt limit.
11.2g of total sugar as published. Boone estimates 11.2g of it is free sugar: 2.8 teaspoons and 37% of an adult’s 30g daily maximum.
30.8g, 5.9g per 100 kcal. It ranks #45 of 112 items on the menu for protein. The 8 Spicy Tenders gives the most protein for the calories, 15.5g 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.
As published, cereals containing gluten, milk and eggs. Sesame and soya may be present.
Source. Popeyes published nutrition information , per item as sold.
Collected. Copied by Boone from Popeyes’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.
