Figures from Wetherspoon UK menu nutrition information , collected by Boone
Small American Breakfast, as published. Calorie split calculated by Boone. How
The Small American Breakfast as published, seen four ways.
3 of 3 limits are over 30% in one breakfast item, the UK front-of-pack mark for high.
Free sugar is the biggest issue: 30g is 100% of an adult’s daily 30g in one breakfast item.
Lower free sugarVegetarian Brunch Wrap →0g free sugar (0%), 670 kcalNHS limits by age: salt goes from 43% for an adult to 87% at age 4 to 6.
For age 4 to 6, free sugar is the bigger share: 30g is 158% of the day’s 19g limit.
Lower-salt swapStrawberries, Yoghurt and Berry Granola →0.2g salt, 7% of the 3g limitFor age 7 to 10, free sugar is the bigger share: 30g is 125% of the day’s 24g limit.
Lower-salt swapStrawberries, Yoghurt and Berry Granola →0.2g salt, 4% of the 5g limitFor age 11 to 17, free sugar is the bigger share: 30g is 100% of the day’s 30g limit.
Lower-salt swapStrawberries, Yoghurt and Berry Granola →0.2g salt, 3% of the 6g limitProtein counts in your favour here, but the saturated fat is still 38% of the adult limit.
22g of protein, #180 on the menu. Per calorie the Children's Wiltshire Cured Ham & Fried Egg gives more: 14.7g per 100 kcal against 3.5g.
Most protein per calorieChildren's Wiltshire Cured Ham & Fried Egg →20g protein in 136 kcalHere the 1,040mg of sodium counts as useful after sweaty exercise.
73g of carbohydrate, with 39% 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 42% of the 309 items on the menu.
More fibre per calorie than 33% 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 breakfast item is less healthy: it scores 16, 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 #245 of 279 on the menu for this score (lower is better). Portion weight estimated by Boone from similar items.
UK Nutrient Profiling Model 2018 →46 ingredients across 6 parts; 17 are additives or processed (orange).
Group 4 because of the additives or industrial ingredients listed above. How NOVA works →
Freedom Breakfast 30g protein, 3.7g salt581
Mushroom Benedict 22g protein, 1.7g salt588
Small Vegetarian All-Day Brunch 26g protein, 2.8g salt627
Miner's Benedict 28g protein, 3.1g salt628
Small American Breakfast 22g protein, 2.6g salt630
American-Style Pancakes with Ice Cream 13g protein, 2.2g salt642
Power Breakfast 46g protein, 5.5g salt646
American-Style Pancakes with Bacon and Maple-Flavour Syrup 19g protein, 3g salt647630 kcal as published. 630 kcal is 32% of a 2,000 kcal adult reference intake.
For a child aged 4 to 6 it is 87% of the day’s 3g salt limit and 158% of the 19g free sugar limit in one item. A Strawberries, Yoghurt and Berry Granola has 0.2g of salt, 7% of that salt limit.
30g of total sugar as published. Boone estimates 30g of it is free sugar, from dextrose in the Lincolnshire sausage, maple, sugar, syrup in the long strip maple-cured bacon, sugar in the maple flavour syrup, sugar in the pancakes: 7.5 teaspoons and 100% of an adult’s 30g daily maximum.
22g, 3.5g per 100 kcal. It ranks #180 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.
16 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 flavourings.
As published, wheat, eggs, milk 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.
