Figures from Wetherspoon UK menu nutrition information , collected by Boone
Chicken Jalfrezi, as published. Calorie split calculated by Boone. How
The Chicken Jalfrezi as published, seen four ways.
2 of 3 limits are over 30% in one dish, the UK front-of-pack mark for high.
Salt is the biggest issue: 6.6g is 110% of an adult’s daily 6g in one dish.
Lower saltSimple Welsh Dragon Curry with Rice →1.5g salt (25%), 535 kcalNHS limits by age: salt goes from 110% for an adult to 220% at age 4 to 6.
For age 4 to 6, salt is the bigger share: 6.6g is 220% of the day’s 3g limit in one dish.
Lower-salt swapSimple Welsh Dragon Curry with Rice →1.5g salt, 50% of the 3g limitFor age 7 to 10, salt is the bigger share: 6.6g is 132% of the day’s 5g limit in one dish.
Lower-salt swapSimple Welsh Dragon Curry with Rice →1.5g salt, 30% of the 5g limitFor age 11 to 17, salt is the bigger share: 6.6g is 110% of the day’s 6g limit in one dish.
Lower-salt swapSimple Welsh Dragon Curry with Rice →1.5g salt, 25% of the 6g limitProtein counts in your favour here, but the saturated fat is still 11% of the adult limit.
53g of protein, #21 on the menu. Per calorie the Children's Wiltshire Cured Ham & Fried Egg gives more: 14.7g per 100 kcal against 5.8g.
Most protein per calorieChildren's Wiltshire Cured Ham & Fried Egg →20g protein in 136 kcalHere the 2,640mg of sodium counts as useful after sweaty exercise.
118g of carbohydrate, with 24% 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 87% of the 309 items on the menu.
More fibre per calorie than 69% 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 dish is not less healthy: it scores 1, 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 #49 of 309 on the menu for this score (lower is better). Portion weight estimated by Boone from similar items.
UK Nutrient Profiling Model 2018 →58 ingredients across 6 parts; 4 are additives or processed (orange).
Group 4 because of the additives or industrial ingredients listed above. How NOVA works →
Katsu Spicy Prawn Curry 28g protein, 2.6g salt776
Katsu Chicken Curry 33g protein, 2.9g salt870
Welsh Dragon Curry 43g protein, 4.9g salt895
Sweet Potato, Chickpea & Spinach Curry 22g protein, 6g salt912
Chicken Jalfrezi 53g protein, 6.6g salt919
Mangalorean Roasted Cauliflower & Spinach Curry 22g protein, 6.4g salt922
Sri-Lankan Prawn & Fish Curry 38g protein, 5.6g salt926
Simple Welsh Dragon Curry with Chips 35g protein, 2.2g salt942919 kcal as published. 919 kcal is 46% of a 2,000 kcal adult reference intake.
For a child aged 4 to 6 it is 220% of the day’s 3g salt limit and 74% of the 19g free sugar limit in one item. A Simple Welsh Dragon Curry with Rice has 1.5g of salt, 50% of that salt limit.
14g of total sugar as published. Boone estimates 14g of it is free sugar, from sugar in the chicken Jalfrezi, dextrose, sugar in the vegan sourdough naan: 3.5 teaspoons and 47% of an adult’s 30g daily maximum.
53g, 5.8g per 100 kcal. It ranks #21 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.
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 4 or more would be classed as less healthy under this model.
Yes, NOVA group 4. The ingredient list includes colours, flavourings and modified starches and sugars.
As published, wheat, milk, celery and mustard.
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.
