Figures from Pret UK website and allergen guide, 8 September 2026 , collected by Boone
Hot Shot, as published. Calorie split calculated by Boone. How
The Hot Shot as published, seen four ways.
0 of 3 limits are over 30% in one drink, the UK front-of-pack mark for high.
Nothing here passes 30% of an adult’s daily limits in one drink.
Lower free sugarIced Black Americano →0g free sugar (0%), 2 kcalNHS limits by age: salt goes from 0% for an adult to 1% at age 4 to 6.
For age 4 to 6, free sugar is the bigger share: 3.7g is 19% of the day’s 19g limit.
Lower-salt swapPret's Sparkling Grape & Elderflower →0g salt, 0% of the 3g limitFor age 7 to 10, free sugar is the bigger share: 3.7g is 15% of the day’s 24g limit.
Lower-salt swapPret's Sparkling Grape & Elderflower →0g salt, 0% of the 5g limitFor age 11 to 17, free sugar is the bigger share: 3.7g is 12% of the day’s 30g limit.
Lower-salt swapPret's Sparkling Grape & Elderflower →0g salt, 0% of the 6g limitProtein counts in your favour here, but the saturated fat is still 0% of the adult limit.
0.4g of protein, #185 on the menu. Per calorie the Cappuccino gives more: 7.1g per 100 kcal against 1.5g.
Most protein per calorieCappuccino →8.2g protein in 116 kcalHere the 8mg of sodium counts as useful after sweaty exercise.
5.2g of carbohydrate, with 7% 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 198 Pret A Manger items.
More protein per calorie than 24% of the 198 items on the menu.
More fibre per calorie than 99% of the 198 items on the menu.
Pret A Manger does not publish vitamins or minerals for this item, so Boone does not estimate them.
The 2018 model indicates this drink is less healthy: it scores 1, above the line of 1.
Higher is less healthy; 1 or more would be classed as less healthy under this model. How the score works →
Joint #40 of 198 on the menu for this score (lower is better).
UK Nutrient Profiling Model 2018 →7 ingredients across 1 part; 1 are additives or processed (orange).
Group 4 because of the additives or industrial ingredients listed above. How NOVA works →
Iced Black Americano 0g protein, 0.15g salt2
Hot Shot 0.4g protein, 0.02g salt27
Ginger Kombucha 0g protein, 0g salt45
Ginger Shot 0.8g protein, 0.11g salt55
Orange Juice 1.2g protein, 0.01g salt63
Iced Matcha Latte 1g protein, 0.2g salt63
Lemon & Ginger Pret Still 0.5g protein, 0g salt94Pret's Sparkling Grape & Elderflower 0g protein, 0g salt9827 kcal as published. 27 kcal is 1% of a 2,000 kcal adult reference intake.
For a child aged 4 to 6 it is 1% of the day’s 3g salt limit and 19% of the 19g free sugar limit in one item. A Pret's Sparkling Grape & Elderflower has 0g of salt, 0% of that salt limit.
3.7g of total sugar as published. Boone estimates 3.7g of it is free sugar: 0.9 teaspoons and 12% of an adult’s 30g daily maximum.
0.4g, 1.5g per 100 kcal. It ranks #185 of 196 items on the menu for protein. The Cappuccino gives the most protein for the calories, 7.1g per 100 kcal.
1 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 1 or more would be classed as less healthy under this model.
Yes, NOVA group 4. The ingredient list includes antioxidants.
As published, none of the 14 major allergens are declared as ingredients.
Source. Pret UK website and allergen guide, 8 September 2026 , per item as sold.
Collected. Copied by Boone from Pret A Manger’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.
