Figures from Wetherspoon UK menu nutrition information , collected by Boone
Fried Halloumi-Style Cheese Burger, as published. Calorie split calculated by Boone. How
The Fried Halloumi-Style Cheese Burger as published, seen four ways.
3 of 3 limits are over 30% in one burger, the UK front-of-pack mark for high.
Salt is the biggest issue: 7.4g is 123% of an adult’s daily 6g in one burger.
Lower saltClassic Burger with Side Salad →1.6g salt (27%), 612 kcalNHS limits by age: salt goes from 123% for an adult to 247% at age 4 to 6.
For age 4 to 6, salt is the bigger share: 7.4g is 247% of the day’s 3g limit in one burger.
Lower-salt swapClassic Burger with Side Salad →1.6g salt, 53% of the 3g limitFor age 7 to 10, salt is the bigger share: 7.4g is 148% of the day’s 5g limit in one burger.
Lower-salt swapClassic Burger with Side Salad →1.6g salt, 32% of the 5g limitFor age 11 to 17, salt is the bigger share: 7.4g is 123% of the day’s 6g limit in one burger.
Lower-salt swapClassic Burger with Side Salad →1.6g salt, 27% of the 6g limitProtein counts in your favour here, but the saturated fat is still 110% of the adult limit.
40g of protein, #71 on the menu. Per calorie the Children's Wiltshire Cured Ham & Fried Egg gives more: 14.7g per 100 kcal against 3.2g.
Most protein per calorieChildren's Wiltshire Cured Ham & Fried Egg →20g protein in 136 kcalHere the 2,960mg of sodium counts as useful after sweaty exercise.
142g of carbohydrate, with 41% 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 36% of the 309 items on the menu.
More fibre per calorie than 44% 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 burger 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 #235 of 309 on the menu for this score (lower is better). Portion weight estimated by Boone from similar items.
UK Nutrient Profiling Model 2018 →41 ingredients across 7 parts; 13 are additives or processed (orange).
Group 4 because of the additives or industrial ingredients listed above. How NOVA works →
American Burger 44g protein, 3.2g salt1,131
Classic Burger with Chips 45g protein, 2.7g salt1,143
American Cheese Burger 48g protein, 4.3g salt1,211
Plant Burger 28g protein, 3.5g salt1,213
Fried Halloumi-Style Cheese Burger 40g protein, 7.4g salt1,266
Fried Buttermilk Chicken Burger 41g protein, 3.5g salt1,279
BBQ Stack 32g protein, 5.1g salt1,360
Tennessee (Beef) 55g protein, 5g salt1,5661,266 kcal as published. 1,266 kcal is 63% of a 2,000 kcal adult reference intake.
For a child aged 4 to 6 it is 247% of the day’s 3g salt limit and 126% of the 19g free sugar limit in one item. A Classic Burger with Side Salad has 1.6g of salt, 53% of that salt limit.
24g of total sugar as published. Boone estimates 24g of it is free sugar, from dextrose, sugar in the burger bun, sugar in the sweet chilli: 6.0 teaspoons and 80% of an adult’s 30g daily maximum.
40g, 3.2g per 100 kcal. It ranks #71 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 flour treatment agents, acidity regulators, preservatives and colours.
As published, wheat and milk. 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.
