Figures from Wetherspoon UK menu nutrition information , collected by Boone
Simple Beef Madras with Chips, as published. Calorie split calculated by Boone. How
The Simple Beef Madras with Chips as published, seen four ways.
3 of 3 limits are over 30% in one dish, the UK front-of-pack mark for high.
Saturated fat is the biggest issue: 14g is 70% of an adult’s daily 20g in one dish.
Lower saturated fatSimple Chicken Jalfrezi with Pilau Rice →1.6g saturated fat (8%), 560 kcalNHS limits by age: salt goes from 68% for an adult to 137% at age 4 to 6.
For age 4 to 6, salt is the bigger share: 4.1g is 137% of the day’s 3g limit in one dish.
Lower-salt swapSimple Welsh Dragon Curry with Rice →1.5g salt, 50% of the 3g limitFor age 7 to 10, salt is the bigger share: 4.1g is 82% of the day’s 5g limit in one dish.
Lower-salt swapSimple Welsh Dragon Curry with Rice →1.5g salt, 30% of the 5g limitFor age 11 to 17, salt is the bigger share: 4.1g is 68% of the day’s 6g limit in one dish.
Lower-salt swapSimple Welsh Dragon Curry with Rice →1.5g salt, 25% of the 6g limitProtein counts in your favour here, but the saturated fat is still 70% of the adult limit.
39g of protein, #75 on the menu. Per calorie the Children's Wiltshire Cured Ham & Fried Egg gives more: 14.7g per 100 kcal against 3.4g.
Most protein per calorieChildren's Wiltshire Cured Ham & Fried Egg →20g protein in 136 kcalHere the 1,640mg of sodium counts as useful after sweaty exercise.
110g of carbohydrate, with 45% 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 41% of the 309 items on the menu.
More fibre per calorie than 75% 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 dish 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 #79 of 279 on the menu for this score (lower is better). Portion weight estimated by Boone from similar items.
UK Nutrient Profiling Model 2018 →48 ingredients across 4 parts; 5 are additives or processed (orange).
Group 4 because of the additives or industrial ingredients listed above. How NOVA works →
Simple Mangalorean Cauliflower & Spinach Curry with Chips 14g protein, 3.7g salt970
Chicken Tikka Masala 52g protein, 6.4g salt1,032
Simple Chicken Tikka Masala with Chips 44g protein, 3.7g salt1,079
Beef Madras 46g protein, 6.7g salt1,084
Chicken Korma 50g protein, 6.5g salt1,110
Simple Beef Madras with Chips 39g protein, 4.1g salt1,132
Macaroni Cheese with Chips 35g protein, 4.7g salt1,186
British Beef & Pancetta Lasagne with Chips 47g protein, 6.4g salt1,3471,132 kcal as published. 1,132 kcal is 57% of a 2,000 kcal adult reference intake.
For a child aged 4 to 6 it is 137% of the day’s 3g salt limit and 95% of the 19g free sugar limit in one item. A Simple Welsh Dragon Curry with Rice has 1.5g of salt, 50% of that salt limit.
18g of total sugar as published. Boone estimates 18g of it is free sugar, from glucose, sugar, syrup in the beef Madras: 4.5 teaspoons and 60% of an adult’s 30g daily maximum.
39g, 3.4g per 100 kcal. It ranks #75 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 colours and modified starches and sugars.
As published, wheat, mustard and sulphites.
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.
