Figures from Wetherspoon UK menu nutrition information , collected by Boone
Quorn Nuggets with Sweet Chilli Sauce (8pc), as published. Calorie split calculated by Boone. How
The Quorn Nuggets with Sweet Chilli Sauce (8pc) 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: 17g is 57% 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 42% for an adult to 83% at age 4 to 6.
For age 4 to 6, free sugar is the bigger share: 17g is 89% of the day’s 19g limit.
Lower-salt swapChicken Bites (5pc) →0.7g salt, 23% of the 3g limitFor age 7 to 10, free sugar is the bigger share: 17g is 71% 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: 17g is 57% 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 7% of the adult limit.
20g of protein, #187 on the menu. Per calorie the Children's Wiltshire Cured Ham & Fried Egg gives more: 14.7g per 100 kcal against 5.4g.
Most protein per calorieChildren's Wiltshire Cured Ham & Fried Egg →20g protein in 136 kcalHere the 1,000mg of sodium counts as useful after sweaty exercise.
36g of carbohydrate, with 34% 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 84% of the 309 items on the menu.
More fibre per calorie than 92% 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 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 #172 of 279 on the menu for this score (lower is better). Portion weight estimated by Boone from similar items.
UK Nutrient Profiling Model 2018 →35 ingredients across 2 parts; 11 are additives or processed (orange).
Group 4 because of the additives or industrial ingredients listed above. How NOVA works →
Chicken Bites (5pc) 12g protein, 0.7g salt149
Quorn Nuggets (5pc) 12g protein, 1g salt192
Southern-Fried Chicken Strips (3pc) 23g protein, 2g salt276
Quorn Nuggets with Sweet Chilli Sauce (8pc) 20g protein, 2.5g salt369
Chicken Bites with Sticky Soy Sauce 26g protein, 2.7g salt410
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 salt543369 kcal as published. 369 kcal is 18% of a 2,000 kcal adult reference intake.
For a child aged 4 to 6 it is 83% of the day’s 3g salt limit and 89% of the 19g free sugar limit in one item. A Chicken Bites (5pc) has 0.7g of salt, 23% of that salt limit.
17g of total sugar as published. Boone estimates 17g of it is free sugar, from dextrose in the Quorn vegan southern fried nuggets, sugar in the sweet chilli: 4.2 teaspoons and 57% of an adult’s 30g daily maximum.
20g, 5.4g per 100 kcal. It ranks #187 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 acidity regulators, preservatives, flavourings and stabilisers and thickeners.
As published, wheat.
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.
