Figures from Wetherspoon UK menu nutrition information , collected by Boone
Egg & Vegetarian Sausage Muffin, as published. Calorie split calculated by Boone. How
The Egg & Vegetarian Sausage Muffin as published, seen four ways.
2 of 3 limits are over 30% in one breakfast item, the UK front-of-pack mark for high.
Salt is the biggest issue: 2.1g is 35% of an adult’s daily 6g in one breakfast item.
Lower saltStrawberries, Yoghurt and Berry Granola →0.2g salt (3%), 340 kcalNHS limits by age: salt goes from 35% for an adult to 70% at age 4 to 6.
For age 4 to 6, salt is the bigger share: 2.1g is 70% of the day’s 3g limit in one breakfast item.
Lower-salt swapStrawberries, Yoghurt and Berry Granola →0.2g salt, 7% of the 3g limitFor age 7 to 10, salt is the bigger share: 2.1g is 42% of the day’s 5g limit in one breakfast item.
Lower-salt swapStrawberries, Yoghurt and Berry Granola →0.2g salt, 4% of the 5g limitFor age 11 to 17, salt is the bigger share: 2.1g is 35% of the day’s 6g limit in one breakfast item.
Lower-salt swapStrawberries, Yoghurt and Berry Granola →0.2g salt, 3% of the 6g limitProtein counts in your favour here, but the saturated fat is still 34% of the adult limit.
20g of protein, #193 on the menu. Per calorie the Children's Wiltshire Cured Ham & Fried Egg gives more: 14.7g per 100 kcal against 5.3g.
Most protein per calorieChildren's Wiltshire Cured Ham & Fried Egg →20g protein in 136 kcalHere the 840mg of sodium counts as useful after sweaty exercise.
42g 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 309 Wetherspoons items.
More protein per calorie than 82% of the 309 items on the menu.
More fibre per calorie than 63% 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 breakfast item 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 #173 of 279 on the menu for this score (lower is better). Portion weight estimated by Boone from similar items.
UK Nutrient Profiling Model 2018 →50 ingredients across 4 parts; 17 are additives or processed (orange).
Group 4 because of the additives or industrial ingredients listed above. How NOVA works →
Small American-Style Pancakes with Bacon and Maple-Flavour Syrup 9.5g protein, 1.5g salt323Strawberries, Yoghurt and Berry Granola 7.5g protein, 0.2g salt340
Egg & Bacon Muffin 20g protein, 2.5g salt351
Mini American-Style Pancakes with Ice Cream 7.5g protein, 1.1g salt364
Egg & Vegetarian Sausage Muffin 20g protein, 2.1g salt375
Small Breakfast 24g protein, 2.6g salt435
Toast and Strawberry Jam 10g protein, 1g salt449
Toast and Marmalade 10g protein, 1g salt451375 kcal as published. 375 kcal is 19% of a 2,000 kcal adult reference intake.
For a child aged 4 to 6 it is 70% of the day’s 3g salt limit and 19% of the 19g free sugar limit in one item. A Strawberries, Yoghurt and Berry Granola has 0.2g of salt, 7% of that salt limit.
3.6g of total sugar as published. Boone estimates 3.6g of it is free sugar, from sugar in the pre-sliced muffins: 0.9 teaspoons and 12% of an adult’s 30g daily maximum.
20g, 5.3g per 100 kcal. It ranks #193 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 emulsifiers, emulsifying salts, flour treatment agents and acidity regulators.
As published, wheat, eggs, soya, milk and mustard. 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.
