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Wetherspoon Simple Sweet Potato, Chickpea & Spinach Curry with Pilau Rice: calories and sugar by portion, age and sex

Wetherspoon Simple Sweet Potato, Chickpea & Spinach Curry with Pilau Rice, sweet potato, chickpea and spinach curry with pilau rice in a white bowl, nutrition and calories

Boone’s analysis puts Wetherspoon Simple Sweet Potato, Chickpea & Spinach Curry with Pilau Rice at 28% of an adult’s daily calories, 87% of the daily salt limit for a child aged 4 to 6 and 5 teaspoons of free sugar.

How many calories are in a Wetherspoon Simple Sweet Potato, Chickpea & Spinach Curry with Pilau Rice? It contains 552 kcal, 19g of fat (13g saturated), 19g of sugar and 2.6g of salt, one of the lighter items on the menu.

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Nutrition information

Nutrition information: Wetherspoon Simple Sweet Potato, Chickpea & Spinach Curry with Pilau Rice

Energy552 kcal
Fat19g
of which saturates13g
Carbohydrate77g
of which sugars19g
Fibre14g
Salt2.6g
Protein10g

Nutrition figures are Wetherspoon’s UK published data, per dish as served. Wetherspoon rounds grams to whole numbers, so Boone works fat, saturates, carbohydrate, sugars, protein and salt back from the published reference intake percentages to one decimal place. Fibre is shown as published.

A Wetherspoon Simple Sweet Potato, Chickpea & Spinach Curry with Pilau Rice contains 552 kcal, which is 28% of the 2,000 kcal adult daily reference intake. It provides 19g of total fat, of which 13g is saturated, 19g of sugar, 2.6g of salt, 10g of protein and 14g of fibre.

The saturated fat content of 13g represents 65% of the adult daily guideline of 20g.

Wetherspoon Simple Sweet Potato, Chickpea & Spinach Curry with Pilau Rice is made from 4 separately listed components, finished in the pub kitchen. Across the whole dish the ingredient list names flavour enhancers, flavourings and modified starches. None of these add nutritional value. They exist to make the components survive industrial production, freezing and transport.

Wetherspoon Simple Sweet Potato, Chickpea & Spinach Curry with Pilau Rice carries a large share of a child’s daily salt

Wetherspoon Simple Sweet Potato, Chickpea & Spinach Curry with Pilau Rice contains 2.6g of salt, which is 87% of the daily limit for a child aged 4 to 6. It is also high in saturated fat.

Adult daily reference intakes (Reference Intake, RI)

Calories2,000 kcal
Total fat70g
Saturated fat20g
Carbohydrate260g
Sugars90g
Fibre30g
Salt6g
Protein50g

Sugar in Wetherspoon Simple Sweet Potato, Chickpea & Spinach Curry with Pilau Rice

Wetherspoon Simple Sweet Potato, Chickpea & Spinach Curry with Pilau Rice contains 19g of free sugar per standard serving (4.8 teaspoons). High sugar

The NHS free sugar limit is 30g per day for adults, 24g for children aged 7 to 10, and 19g for children aged 4 to 6. Free sugar excludes the sugars naturally present in milk and whole fruit. The table below shows how this compares across all age groups.

Free sugar by portion: Wetherspoon Simple Sweet Potato, Chickpea & Spinach Curry with Pilau Rice

PortionAdult (female)
30g
Adult (male)
30g
Age 11 to 17
30g
Age 7 to 10
24g
Age 4 to 6
19g
Per portion19g
63%
19g
63%
19g
63%
19g
79%
19g
100%
Teaspoons4.8 tsp

Boone calculates these percentages from Wetherspoon’s UK published nutrition data against UK Dietary Reference Values and NHS free sugar and salt limits. Free sugar, salt, calories and saturated fat are limits to stay under; fibre is a target to reach, so a high percentage there is a good thing. For guidance only.

Salt in Wetherspoon Simple Sweet Potato, Chickpea & Spinach Curry with Pilau Rice

Wetherspoon Simple Sweet Potato, Chickpea & Spinach Curry with Pilau Rice contains 2.6g of salt per standard serving. Moderate salt

Children have lower salt limits: 3g per day for ages 4 to 6, 5g for ages 7 to 10. The table below shows how this serving compares to daily limits for adults and children.

Salt by portion: Wetherspoon Simple Sweet Potato, Chickpea & Spinach Curry with Pilau Rice

PortionAdult (female)
6g
Adult (male)
6g
Age 11 to 17
6g
Age 7 to 10
5g
Age 4 to 6
3g
Per portion2.6g
43%
2.6g
43%
2.6g
43%
2.6g
52%
2.6g
87%

Boone calculates these percentages from Wetherspoon’s UK published nutrition data against UK Dietary Reference Values and NHS free sugar and salt limits. Free sugar, salt, calories and saturated fat are limits to stay under; fibre is a target to reach, so a high percentage there is a good thing. For guidance only.

Calories in Wetherspoon Simple Sweet Potato, Chickpea & Spinach Curry with Pilau Rice

Wetherspoon Simple Sweet Potato, Chickpea & Spinach Curry with Pilau Rice contains 552 kcal per standard serving. Moderate calorie share

Daily calorie needs vary by age and sex. The table below shows how this serving compares to typical daily reference intakes.

Calories by portion: Wetherspoon Simple Sweet Potato, Chickpea & Spinach Curry with Pilau Rice

PortionAdult (female)
2,000 kcal
Adult (male)
2,500 kcal
Age 11 to 17
1,936 kcal
Age 7 to 10
1,553 kcal
Age 4 to 6
1,291 kcal
Per portion552 kcal
28%
552 kcal
22%
552 kcal
29%
552 kcal
36%
552 kcal
43%

Boone calculates these percentages from Wetherspoon’s UK published nutrition data against UK Dietary Reference Values and NHS free sugar and salt limits. Free sugar, salt, calories and saturated fat are limits to stay under; fibre is a target to reach, so a high percentage there is a good thing. For guidance only.

Saturated fat in Wetherspoon Simple Sweet Potato, Chickpea & Spinach Curry with Pilau Rice

Wetherspoon Simple Sweet Potato, Chickpea & Spinach Curry with Pilau Rice contains 13g of saturated fat per standard serving. High saturated fat

The saturated fat guideline is 20g a day for women and 30g for men, and lower again for children. The table below shows how this serving compares.

Saturated fat by portion: Wetherspoon Simple Sweet Potato, Chickpea & Spinach Curry with Pilau Rice

PortionAdult (female)
20g
Adult (male)
30g
Age 11 to 17
20g
Age 7 to 10
18g
Age 4 to 6
16g
Per portion13g
65%
13g
43%
13g
65%
13g
72%
13g
81%

Boone calculates these percentages from Wetherspoon’s UK published nutrition data against UK Dietary Reference Values and NHS free sugar and salt limits. Free sugar, salt, calories and saturated fat are limits to stay under; fibre is a target to reach, so a high percentage there is a good thing. For guidance only.

Fibre in Wetherspoon Simple Sweet Potato, Chickpea & Spinach Curry with Pilau Rice

Wetherspoon Simple Sweet Potato, Chickpea & Spinach Curry with Pilau Rice contains 14g of fibre per standard serving. Good source of fibre

Fibre is the one figure here that is a target to reach rather than a limit to stay under. UK guidance is 30g a day for adults, 25g for ages 11 to 17, 20g for ages 7 to 10 and 15g for ages 4 to 6. Most people in the UK fall well short. The table below shows how much of a day’s fibre this serving provides.

Fibre by portion: Wetherspoon Simple Sweet Potato, Chickpea & Spinach Curry with Pilau Rice

PortionAdult (female)
30g
Adult (male)
30g
Age 11 to 17
25g
Age 7 to 10
20g
Age 4 to 6
15g
Per portion14g
47%
14g
47%
14g
56%
14g
70%
14g
93%

Boone calculates these percentages from Wetherspoon’s UK published nutrition data against UK Dietary Reference Values and NHS free sugar and salt limits. Free sugar, salt, calories and saturated fat are limits to stay under; fibre is a target to reach, so a high percentage there is a good thing. For guidance only.

Free sugar vs total sugar

Where the sugar comes from: Wetherspoon Simple Sweet Potato, Chickpea & Spinach Curry with Pilau Rice

Boone counts all 19g as free sugar, or about 4.8 teaspoons against the daily limit. Some of it will come from the vegetables listed below, but Wetherspoon does not publish a split, so treat the free sugar figure as an upper estimate.

Free (added) sugars come from

  • sugar in the sweet potato curry

Naturally occurring sugars come from

  • sugars naturally present in the sweet potato curry

NHS daily free sugar limits: 30g for adults and children 11+, 24g age 7 to 10, 19g age 4 to 6. Sources are read from the published ingredient list for each component. Whole fruit and lactose deductions are Boone estimates; Wetherspoon publishes total sugar only.

Ultra-processed food: what is really in it

Processing and additives: Wetherspoon Simple Sweet Potato, Chickpea & Spinach Curry with Pilau Rice

Wetherspoon Simple Sweet Potato, Chickpea & Spinach Curry with Pilau Rice is assembled from 4 separately listed components, combined and cooked in the pub kitchen. Reading the ingredient list closely, it contains flavour enhancers, flavourings and modified starches. These are not there to add nutritional value. They make industrial production and distribution possible.

Flavour enhancers

Boost savoury taste so less of the real ingredient is needed. Found in the Tilda Basmati Masala pilau rice.

Flavourings

Add or restore taste lost during processing. Found in the Tilda Basmati Masala pilau rice.

Modified starches

Thicken and hold water in a way unmodified flour cannot. Found in the sweet potato curry.

Boone classifies Wetherspoon Simple Sweet Potato, Chickpea & Spinach Curry with Pilau Rice as NOVA group 4, ultra-processed, based on the industrial ingredients named above. NOVA groups foods by how far they are from their whole-food form, not by how nutritious they are. A group 4 food is not automatically unhealthy, and a group 1 food is not automatically healthy. Read from the published ingredient list, retrieved 3 October 2026.

Wetherspoon Simple Sweet Potato, Chickpea & Spinach Curry with Pilau Rice contains at least 58 distinct ingredients: 54 raw and 4 manufactured. Ordered with a dip and a dessert that reaches 97, of which 23 are manufactured. Raw means something you could buy and cook with at home; manufactured means a substance that only exists as an output of industrial processing.

Ingredient count by order: Wetherspoon Simple Sweet Potato, Chickpea & Spinach Curry with Pilau Rice

What you orderRawManufacturedTotal% manufactured
Wetherspoon Simple Sweet Potato, Chickpea & Spinach Curry with Pilau Rice on its own544587%
Wetherspoon Simple Sweet Potato, Chickpea & Spinach Curry with Pilau Rice + a garlic and herb dip60107014%
Wetherspoon Simple Sweet Potato, Chickpea & Spinach Curry with Pilau Rice + dip + a warm chocolate brownie with ice cream74239724%

The 4 manufactured ingredients

modified maize starch, natural flavouring, potato starch, yeast extract.

The 54 raw ingredients

basmati rice, cardamom, cassia oil, celery seed, chickpeas, chilli flakes, chilli powder, cinnamon, clove, coconut, coriander, cumin, curry leaves, diced sweet potato, fennel, fennel seeds, fenugreek, fenugreek seeds, garam masala coriander, garlic puree, ginger, green cardamom, green chillies, grilled roasted onions, ground cassia, ground clove, ground cumin, ground ginger, ground mace, ground turmeric, mustard, nutmeg, onion, onion purée, paprika, pepper, pimento, rapeseed oil, red bell pepper, red chillies, red pepper, roasted garam masala, roasted ground black pepper, roasted ground coriander, roasted ground fennel, salt, spinach, sugar, sunflower oil, tamarind paste, tomato purée, turmeric, water, white pepper.

What those ingredients are, by type

Herbs and spices26
Fruit and vegetables15
Other6
Oils and fats3
Starches2
Flavourings2
Water1
Sugars and syrups1
Salt and minerals1
Grains and flours1

Boone counts every distinct named ingredient on Wetherspoon’s published component lists, including sub-ingredients, and removes duplicates, so salt appearing in four components counts once. Additive class names are dropped and the named substance kept, so “stabiliser (guar gum)” counts guar gum once, and the vitamins and minerals added to fortified flour are not counted separately. Raw covers whole foods and basic kitchen staples such as flour, sugar, salt and oil. Manufactured covers substances that only exist as an output of industrial processing. Where Wetherspoon lists more than one approved supplier recipe only the first is counted, so every figure here is a minimum. The build uses a garlic and herb dip and a warm chocolate brownie with ice cream.

Ingredients

Wetherspoon Simple Sweet Potato, Chickpea & Spinach Curry with Pilau Rice is made from 4 separately listed components.

Ingredients by component: Wetherspoon Simple Sweet Potato, Chickpea & Spinach Curry with Pilau Rice

Fresh Coriander

Coriander.

Red Chillies

Red Chillies.

Sweet Potato Curry

Water, Diced Sweet Potato (22%), Red Pepper, Chickpeas (7%), Coconut, Onion, Spinach (5%), Onion Purée, Tomato Purée, Sugar, Garlic Puree, Modified Maize Starch, Rapeseed Oil, Ground Turmeric, Salt, Green Chillies, Tamarind Paste, Ground Cumin, Chilli Powder, Roasted Garam Masala (Roasted Ground Black Pepper, Roasted Ground Coriander, ground mace, Roasted Ground Fennel, ground cassia, ground clove, Ground Ginger), Fennel Seeds, Fenugreek, Chilli Flakes, Fenugreek Seeds, Curry Leaves, Fenugreek Seeds.

Tilda Basmati Masala Pilau Rice

Basmati Rice (93.53%), Grilled Roasted Onions, Masala Pilau Seasoning (1.73%) (Potato Starch, Cumin, Garam Masala (Coriander, Cinnamon, MUSTARD, Ginger, Clove, Pepper, Cumin, Nutmeg, Pimento, Fennel, Cardamom, Sunflower Oil, Cassia Oil), Salt, Red Bell Pepper, Green Cardamom, Paprika, Yeast Extract, Onion, Turmeric, CELERY Seed, Natural Flavourings, White Pepper), Coriander, Salt.

Ingredients taken from Wetherspoon’s UK allergen and nutrition service, retrieved 3 October 2026. Recipes change; always check with the pub before ordering if you have an allergy.

Allergens at a glance

Wetherspoon Simple Sweet Potato, Chickpea & Spinach Curry with Pilau Rice contains celery and mustard. Wetherspoon lists it as suitable for vegans.

Allergen information: Wetherspoon Simple Sweet Potato, Chickpea & Spinach Curry with Pilau Rice

AllergenStatus
WheatNot present
RyeNot present
BarleyNot present
OatsNot present
CrustaceansNot present
EggsNot present
FishNot present
PeanutsNot present
SoyaNot present
MilkNot present
Tree nutsNot present
CeleryContains
MustardContains
SesameNot present
SulphitesNot present
LupinNot present
MolluscsNot present

Contains = declared by Wetherspoon for this dish. May contain traces = a precautionary warning on one of the published component ingredient lists. Cereals containing gluten are split by grain where the ingredient list names it. Wetherspoon kitchens handle all 14 major allergens and share equipment and fryers, so no dish can be guaranteed allergen free. Taken from Wetherspoon’s UK allergen and nutrition service, retrieved 3 October 2026. Recipes change; always check with the pub before ordering if you have an allergy.

Frequently asked questions

How many calories are in a Wetherspoon Simple Sweet Potato, Chickpea & Spinach Curry with Pilau Rice?+

Boone calculates that a Wetherspoon Simple Sweet Potato, Chickpea & Spinach Curry with Pilau Rice contains 552 kcal, which is 28% of an adult’s 2,000 kcal daily reference intake and 43% of the daily intake for a child aged 4 to 6.

How much sugar is in a Wetherspoon Simple Sweet Potato, Chickpea & Spinach Curry with Pilau Rice?+

Boone calculates that all 19g of the sugar in a Wetherspoon Simple Sweet Potato, Chickpea & Spinach Curry with Pilau Rice counts as free sugar, or about 5 teaspoons.

How much of a child’s daily sugar limit is a Wetherspoon Simple Sweet Potato, Chickpea & Spinach Curry with Pilau Rice?+

Boone measures the 19g of free sugar in a Wetherspoon Simple Sweet Potato, Chickpea & Spinach Curry with Pilau Rice against NHS limits: 100% of the daily allowance for a child aged 4 to 6, 79% for ages 7 to 10, and 63% for an adult.

How much saturated fat is in a Wetherspoon Simple Sweet Potato, Chickpea & Spinach Curry with Pilau Rice?+

A Wetherspoon Simple Sweet Potato, Chickpea & Spinach Curry with Pilau Rice contains 13g of saturated fat. Boone calculates this as 65% of the daily guideline for an adult woman and 43% for an adult man, because the guideline differs by sex: 20g and 30g respectively.

How much salt is in a Wetherspoon Simple Sweet Potato, Chickpea & Spinach Curry with Pilau Rice?+

A Wetherspoon Simple Sweet Potato, Chickpea & Spinach Curry with Pilau Rice contains 2.6g of salt. Boone calculates that as 87% of the daily limit for a child aged 4 to 6 and 43% of an adult’s 6g limit.

Is a Wetherspoon Simple Sweet Potato, Chickpea & Spinach Curry with Pilau Rice ultra-processed?+

Boone classifies a Wetherspoon Simple Sweet Potato, Chickpea & Spinach Curry with Pilau Rice as NOVA group 4. Reading the published ingredient list, it is made from 4 separately listed components and contains flavour enhancers, flavourings and modified starches. NOVA group 4 describes how far a food is from its whole-food form, not how nutritious it is.

How much fibre is in a Wetherspoon Simple Sweet Potato, Chickpea & Spinach Curry with Pilau Rice?+

A Wetherspoon Simple Sweet Potato, Chickpea & Spinach Curry with Pilau Rice contains 14g of fibre. Boone calculates that as 47% of an adult’s 30g daily target and 93% of the 15g target for a child aged 4 to 6. Fibre is a target to reach rather than a limit to stay under.

Is a Wetherspoon Simple Sweet Potato, Chickpea & Spinach Curry with Pilau Rice suitable for children?+

For a child aged 4 to 6, Boone’s analysis flags that its 2.6g of salt is 87% of that age group’s daily limit; its 13g of saturated fat is 81% of their daily guideline; its 19g of free sugar is 100% of their daily limit. That does not make it off limits, but it does mean it uses up a large share of a young child’s day in one item.

How much protein is in a Wetherspoon Simple Sweet Potato, Chickpea & Spinach Curry with Pilau Rice?+

A Wetherspoon Simple Sweet Potato, Chickpea & Spinach Curry with Pilau Rice contains 10g of protein, which Boone calculates as 20% of a 50g adult daily target.

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