Figures from Wetherspoon UK menu nutrition information , collected by Boone
Mediterranean Side Salad, as published. Calorie split calculated by Boone. How
The Mediterranean Side Salad as published, seen four ways.
0 of 3 limits are over 30% in one salad, the UK front-of-pack mark for high.
Nothing here passes 30% of an adult’s daily limits in one salad.
Lower saltFresh Fruit Bowl →0g salt (0%), 186 kcalNHS limits by age: salt goes from 18% for an adult to 37% at age 4 to 6.
For age 4 to 6, salt is the bigger share: 1.1g is 37% of the day’s 3g limit in one salad.
Lower-salt swapFresh Fruit Bowl →0g salt, 0% of the 3g limitFor age 7 to 10, salt is the bigger share: 1.1g is 22% of the day’s 5g limit in one salad.
Lower-salt swapFresh Fruit Bowl →0g salt, 0% of the 5g limitFor age 11 to 17, salt is the bigger share: 1.1g is 18% of the day’s 6g limit in one salad.
Lower-salt swapFresh Fruit Bowl →0g salt, 0% of the 6g limitProtein counts in your favour here, but the saturated fat is still 6% of the adult limit.
4g of protein, #276 on the menu. Per calorie the Children's Wiltshire Cured Ham & Fried Egg gives more: 14.7g per 100 kcal against 1.9g.
Most protein per calorieChildren's Wiltshire Cured Ham & Fried Egg →20g protein in 136 kcalHere the 440mg of sodium counts as useful after sweaty exercise.
20g of carbohydrate, with 55% 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 19% of the 309 items on the menu.
More fibre per calorie than 79% 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 salad is not less healthy: it scores 2, 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 #65 of 309 on the menu for this score (lower is better). Portion weight estimated by Boone from similar items.
UK Nutrient Profiling Model 2018 →30 ingredients across 3 parts; 7 are additives or processed (orange).
Group 4 because of the additives or industrial ingredients listed above. How NOVA works →
Side Salad 1.5g protein, 0.5g salt110
Yoghurt Pot 4g protein, 0.1g salt134Fresh Fruit Bowl 1.5g protein, 0g salt186
Ramen Noodle Bowl 7g protein, 2.8g salt202
Mediterranean Side Salad 4g protein, 1.1g salt214
Mediterranean Salad 8g protein, 2.2g salt431
Caesar Salad 8.5g protein, 1.4g salt439
Chicken & Maple-Cured Bacon Salad (Chicken Breast) 45g protein, 3.1g salt477214 kcal as published. 214 kcal is 11% of a 2,000 kcal adult reference intake.
For a child aged 4 to 6 it is 37% of the day’s 3g salt limit and 18% of the 19g free sugar limit in one item. A Fresh Fruit Bowl has 0g of salt, 0% of that salt limit.
3.5g of total sugar as published. Boone estimates 3.5g of it is free sugar, from sugar in the Mediterranean salad, sugar in the salad dressing: 0.9 teaspoons and 12% of an adult’s 30g daily maximum.
4g, 1.9g per 100 kcal. It ranks #276 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.
2 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 stabilisers and thickeners.
As published, barley 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.
