Figures from Slim Chickens published nutrition information , collected by Boone
10 Crispy Wings, as published. Calorie split calculated by Boone. How
The 10 Crispy Wings as published, seen four ways.
1 of 3 limits is over 30% in one portion, the UK front-of-pack mark for high.
Salt is the biggest issue: 5.3g is 88% of an adult’s daily 6g in one portion.
Lower salt3 Tenders →0.9g salt (15%), 227 kcalNHS limits by age: salt goes from 88% for an adult to 177% at age 4 to 6.
For age 4 to 6, salt is the bigger share: 5.3g is 177% of the day’s 3g limit in one portion.
Lower-salt swap3 Tenders →0.9g salt, 30% of the 3g limitFor age 7 to 10, salt is the bigger share: 5.3g is 106% of the day’s 5g limit in one portion.
Lower-salt swap3 Tenders →0.9g salt, 18% of the 5g limitFor age 11 to 17, salt is the bigger share: 5.3g is 88% of the day’s 6g limit in one portion.
Lower-salt swap3 Tenders →0.9g salt, 15% of the 6g limitProtein counts in your favour here, but the saturated fat is still 29% of the adult limit.
67.2g of protein, #12 on the menu. Per calorie the 3 Tenders gives more: 14.4g per 100 kcal against 6.9g.
Most protein per calorie3 Tenders →32.6g protein in 227 kcalHere the 2,120mg of sodium counts as useful after sweaty exercise.
97.9g of carbohydrate, with 31% 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 120 Slim Chickens items.
More protein per calorie than 84% of the 120 items on the menu.
More fibre per calorie than 39% of the 120 items on the menu.
Slim Chickens does not publish vitamins or minerals for this item, so Boone does not estimate them.
The 2018 model indicates this portion 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 #3 of 31 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 Slim Chickens. Recipes change, so check in the restaurant if you have an allergy.
5 Tenders Meal 59.2g protein, 2.7g salt797
8 Buffalo Wings 55.1g protein, 15.7g salt808
Plant Based 3 Tenders Meal 41.8g protein, 5.1g salt832
3 Tenders & 3 Crispy Wings Meal 57.7g protein, 3.6g salt936
10 Crispy Wings 67.2g protein, 5.3g salt967
6 Crispy Wings Meal 45.3g protein, 4.3g salt998
10 Buffalo Wings 68.8g protein, 19.6g salt1,011
6 Buffalo Wings Meal 46.2g protein, 12.9g salt1,025967 kcal as published. 967 kcal is 48% of a 2,000 kcal adult reference intake.
For a child aged 4 to 6 it is 177% of the day’s 3g salt limit and 6% of the 19g free sugar limit in one item. A 3 Tenders has 0.9g of salt, 30% of that salt limit.
1.1g of total sugar as published. Boone estimates 1.1g of it is free sugar: 0.3 teaspoons and 4% of an adult’s 30g daily maximum.
67.2g, 6.9g per 100 kcal. It ranks #12 of 118 items on the menu for protein. The 3 Tenders gives the most protein for the calories, 14.4g 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 and milk. Soya, celery, mustard and sulphites may be present.
Source. Slim Chickens published nutrition information , per item as sold.
Collected. Copied by Boone from Slim Chickens’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.
