Figures from Wetherspoon UK menu nutrition information , collected by Boone
Chicken Pomodoro with Jacket Potato, as published. Calorie split calculated by Boone. How
The Chicken Pomodoro with Jacket Potato 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: 14g is 47% 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 38% for an adult to 77% at age 4 to 6.
For age 4 to 6, salt is the bigger share: 2.3g is 77% of the day’s 3g limit in one portion.
Lower-salt swapChicken Bites (5pc) →0.7g salt, 23% of the 3g limitFor age 7 to 10, free sugar is the bigger share: 14g is 58% 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: 14g is 47% 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 21% of the adult limit.
44g of protein, #49 on the menu. Per calorie the Children's Wiltshire Cured Ham & Fried Egg gives more: 14.7g per 100 kcal against 8.0g.
Most protein per calorieChildren's Wiltshire Cured Ham & Fried Egg →20g protein in 136 kcalHere the 920mg of sodium counts as useful after sweaty exercise.
60g of carbohydrate, with 20% 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 96% of the 309 items on the menu.
More fibre per calorie than 93% 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 5, 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 #121 of 309 on the menu for this score (lower is better). Portion weight estimated by Boone from similar items.
UK Nutrient Profiling Model 2018 →26 ingredients across 7 parts; 3 are additives or processed (orange).
Group 4 because of the additives or industrial ingredients listed above. How NOVA works →
Chicken Pomodoro with Spicy Rice 44g protein, 2.5g salt472Chicken Wings (5pc) 49g protein, 3.4g salt479
Chicken Bites Basket with Side Salad 26g protein, 2.8g salt543
Southern-Fried Chicken Strips with Jack Daniel's Honey Glaze (5pc) 38g protein, 3.8g salt547
Chicken Pomodoro with Jacket Potato 44g protein, 2.3g salt551
Quorn 'No Chicken' Nuggets Basket with Side Salad 21g protein, 2.8g salt573
Chicken and Tenderstem Broccoli 46g protein, 3.1g salt592
Quorn 'No Chicken' Spice Bag with Coconut-Flavour Rice 26g protein, 5.9g salt601551 kcal as published. 551 kcal is 28% of a 2,000 kcal adult reference intake.
For a child aged 4 to 6 it is 77% of the day’s 3g salt limit and 74% of the 19g free sugar limit in one item. A Chicken Bites (5pc) has 0.7g of salt, 23% of that salt limit.
14g of total sugar as published. Boone estimates 14g of it is free sugar, from dextrose in the chicken breast, sugar in the pizza sauce: 3.5 teaspoons and 47% of an adult’s 30g daily maximum.
44g, 8.0g per 100 kcal. It ranks #49 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.
5 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 stabilisers and thickeners and modified starches and sugars.
As published, milk.
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.
