Figures from Wetherspoon UK menu nutrition information , collected by Boone
Chicken Bites Basket with Spicy Rice, as published. Calorie split calculated by Boone. How
The Chicken Bites Basket with Spicy Rice 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: 30g is 100% 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 55% for an adult to 110% at age 4 to 6.
For age 4 to 6, free sugar is the bigger share: 30g is 158% 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: 30g is 125% 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: 30g is 100% 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 14% of the adult limit.
30g of protein, #125 on the menu. Per calorie the Children's Wiltshire Cured Ham & Fried Egg gives more: 14.7g per 100 kcal against 4.0g.
Most protein per calorieChildren's Wiltshire Cured Ham & Fried Egg →20g protein in 136 kcalHere the 1,320mg of sodium counts as useful after sweaty exercise.
101g of carbohydrate, with 29% 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 54% of the 309 items on the menu.
More fibre per calorie than 7% 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 15, 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 #242 of 279 on the menu for this score (lower is better). Portion weight estimated by Boone from similar items.
UK Nutrient Profiling Model 2018 →78 ingredients across 5 parts; 14 are additives or processed (orange).
Group 4 because of the additives or industrial ingredients listed above. How NOVA works →
Chicken and Tenderstem Broccoli 46g protein, 3.1g salt592
Quorn 'No Chicken' Spice Bag with Coconut-Flavour Rice 26g protein, 5.9g salt601
Quorn 'No Chicken' Nuggets Basket with Spicy Rice 24g protein, 3.1g salt705
Boneless Basket with Side Salad 38g protein, 3.9g salt712
Chicken Bites Basket with Spicy Rice 30g protein, 3.3g salt746
Southern-Fried Chicken Strips Basket with Side Salad 40g protein, 4.1g salt751
Boneless Basket with Spicy Rice 40g protein, 4.2g salt844
Southern-Fried Chicken Strips Basket with Spicy Rice 42g protein, 4.4g salt883746 kcal as published. 746 kcal is 37% of a 2,000 kcal adult reference intake.
For a child aged 4 to 6 it is 110% of the day’s 3g salt limit and 158% of the 19g free sugar limit in one item. A Chicken Bites (5pc) has 0.7g of salt, 23% of that salt limit.
30g of total sugar as published. Boone estimates 30g of it is free sugar, from sugar in the chicken nuggets, sugar in the spicy rice, sugar in the sticky soy sauce, sugar in the vegetarian coleslaw, dextrose, sugar in the chicken breast nuggets: 7.5 teaspoons and 100% of an adult’s 30g daily maximum.
30g, 4.0g per 100 kcal. It ranks #125 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.
15 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 flavourings.
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.
