Figures from Wetherspoon UK menu nutrition information , collected by Boone
Chicken Bites Basket with Chips, as published. Calorie split calculated by Boone. How
The Chicken Bites Basket with Chips as published, seen four ways.
2 of 3 limits are over 30% in one portion, the UK front-of-pack mark for high.
Free sugar is the biggest issue: 29g is 97% of an adult’s daily 30g in one portion.
Lower free sugarChicken Wings (5pc) →0g free sugar (0%), 479 kcalNHS limits by age: salt goes from 68% for an adult to 137% at age 4 to 6.
For age 4 to 6, free sugar is the bigger share: 29g is 153% of the day’s 19g limit.
Lower-salt swapChicken Bites (5pc) →0.7g salt, 23% of the 3g limitFor age 7 to 10, free sugar is the bigger share: 29g is 121% of the day’s 24g limit.
Lower-salt swapChicken Bites (5pc) →0.7g salt, 14% of the 5g limitFor age 11 to 17, free sugar is the bigger share: 29g is 97% of the day’s 30g limit.
Lower-salt swapChicken Bites (5pc) →0.7g salt, 12% of the 6g limitProtein counts in your favour here, but the saturated fat is still 24% of the adult limit.
34g of protein, #97 on the menu. Per calorie the Children's Wiltshire Cured Ham & Fried Egg gives more: 14.7g per 100 kcal against 3.0g.
Most protein per calorieChildren's Wiltshire Cured Ham & Fried Egg →20g protein in 136 kcalHere the 1,640mg of sodium counts as useful after sweaty exercise.
145g of carbohydrate, with 36% 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 309 Wetherspoons items.
More protein per calorie than 32% of the 309 items on the menu.
More fibre per calorie than 29% of the 309 items on the menu.
Wetherspoons does not publish vitamins or minerals for this item, so Boone does not estimate them.
The 2018 model indicates this portion is less healthy: it scores 10, 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 #183 of 279 on the menu for this score (lower is better). Portion weight estimated by Boone from similar items.
UK Nutrient Profiling Model 2018 →62 ingredients across 5 parts; 14 are additives or processed (orange).
Group 4 because of the additives or industrial ingredients listed above. How NOVA works →
Boneless Basket with Spicy Rice 40g protein, 4.2g salt844
Southern-Fried Chicken Strips Basket with Spicy Rice 42g protein, 4.4g salt883
Quorn 'No Chicken' Spice Bag with Chips 28g protein, 6.8g salt944
Chicken Wings with Naga Chilli Sauce (10pc) 98g protein, 8.2g salt1,095
Quorn 'No Chicken' Nuggets Basket with Chips 28g protein, 3.8g salt1,104
Chicken Bites Basket with Chips 34g protein, 4.1g salt1,145
Boneless Basket with Chips 44g protein, 5g salt1,243
Southern-Fried Chicken Strips Basket with Chips 46g protein, 5.2g salt1,2821,145 kcal as published. 1,145 kcal is 57% of a 2,000 kcal adult reference intake.
For a child aged 4 to 6 it is 137% of the day’s 3g salt limit and 153% of the 19g free sugar limit in one item. A Chicken Bites (5pc) has 0.7g of salt, 23% of that salt limit.
29g of total sugar as published. Boone estimates 29g of it is free sugar, from sugar in the chicken nuggets, sugar in the sticky soy sauce, sugar in the vegetarian coleslaw, dextrose, sugar in the chicken breast nuggets: 7.2 teaspoons and 97% of an adult’s 30g daily maximum.
34g, 3.0g per 100 kcal. It ranks #97 of 309 items on the menu for protein. The Children's Wiltshire Cured Ham & Fried Egg gives the most protein for the calories, 14.7g per 100 kcal.
10 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.
Yes, NOVA group 4. The ingredient list includes acidity regulators, preservatives, colours and stabilisers and thickeners.
As published, wheat, eggs, soya, mustard and sulphites. Milk, celery and sesame may be present.
Source. Wetherspoon UK menu nutrition information , per item as sold.
Collected. Copied by Boone from Wetherspoons’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.
